royse

Updated: April 17, 2026

One of the saddest cases was that of Royse Oatman, who, en route with his large family, was massacred on the spot now known as Oatman's Flat, not far below the great bend of the Gila. His son, left for dead, revived and escaped.

Frederick Samuel Dellenbaugh - The Romance of the Colorado River : The Story of its Discovery in 1840, with an Account of the Later Explorations, and with Special Reference to the Voyages of Powell through the Line of the Great Canyons