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of the party found Labyrinth Canyon oppressive in its loneliness, but Powell remarked on an exquisite charm in our ride today down this beautiful canyon. It gradually grows deeper with every mile of travel; the walls are syrnmetrically curved, and grandly archeti; of a beautiful color, and reflected in the quiet waters in many places, so as almost to deceive the eye, and suggest the thought, to the beholder, that he is looking into profound depthsS2'
Many of the place names along the Green River were bestowed by Powell during this expedition, including Desolation Canyon, Labyrinth Canyon, and Bow-Knot Bend. Powell organized a second expedition down the Green River in 1871. Powell left the party at Island Park, just below Whirlpool Canyon, and did not rejoin it until it reached the Spanish Trail crossing in Green River Valley. In the interim, Powell's brother-in-law and chief geographer, Almon H. Thompson, was in charge. As with the 1869 expedition, the members of the 1871 party were conscious of the historic significance of their adventure. As a result, several kept journals of the voyage that provide a record of their impressions. The party camped on 25 August on the dry bed of the Price River (which they called the Little White). The next day they set up camp on the east bank of the Green River near the mouth of Gray Canyon and just opposite Gunnison Butte (which they named). Here, while waiting for Powell to rejoin them, they pulled their boats out of the water for repairs. Jack Hilliers dropped a hook and line into the river and caught several squawfish, one of which was three feet long and weighed forty pounds. (Dellenbaugh called them "Colorado River white salmon."28)Others did some exploring of the valley. The area was "literally covered with remains of Indian wigwams," but they found no Indians living there at the time. John F. Steward concluded that the region "is more patronized by bands of Indians who cross in the fall and spring than by any living near."" Stephen Vandiver Jones described the landscape as follows: The Topography of the valley presents some singular features. A low range of hills is near the river, sometimes on one side, sometimes the other. Back of these there are high buttes, some of them
