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One turn of the canyon revealed a break where Stanton hid his provisions in a cave after a second fatality in which two more of this ill-fated expedition lost their lives and climbed out on top. Afterwards he re-outfitted with heavier boats and tackled the stream again. Just below this break the scene changed as we made a sharp turn to the left. Vasey's Paradise named by Major Powell after Dr.
The rocks below the fountain are covered with mosses and ferns and many beautiful flowering plants. We name it Vasey's Paradise, in honor of the botanist who traveled with us last year. We pass many side canyons to-day that are dark, gloomy passages back into the heart of the rocks that form the plateau through which this canyon is cut. It rains again this afternoon.
The average width of the river was one hundred and twenty-five feet, while the walls rose to over two thousand feet, and at the top the canyon was about a mile and a quarter from brink to brink. This brought us to Vasey's Paradise, so named after a botanist friend of his, by Powell on the first descent.
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