ROMANTIC INDIAN LEGEND

HE Indians believed the Grand Canyon the road to heaven.

A great chief mourned the death of his wife. To him came the god Ta-vwoats and offered to prove that his wife was in a happier land by taking him there to look upon her happiness. Ta-vwoats then made a trail through the protecting mountains and led the chief to the happy land. Thus was created the canyon gorge of the Colorado.

On their return, lest the unworthy should find this happy land, Ta-vwoats rolled through the trail a wild, surging river. Thus was created the Colorado.

THE PROFOUND ABYSS Photograph by T. A. Lathe

THE GORGE NEAR THE MOUTH OF SHINUMO CREEK Photograph by U. S. Forest Service

SUNSET FROM PIMA POINT. "PEAKS WILL SHIFT AND GLOW, WALLS DARKEN, CRAGS TAKE FIRE, AND GRAY-GREEN MESAS, DIMLY SEEN, TAKE ON THE GLEAM OF OPALESCENT LAKES."—HAMLIN GARLAND Photograph by Fred Harvey

THE LOOKOUT AT THE HEAD OF THE BRIGHT ANGEL TRAIL NEAR EL TOVAR Photography by H. T. Cowling

WAITING FOR THE SIGNAL TO START DOWN BRIGHT ANGEL TRAIL One may descend to the river's edge and back in one day by this trail Photography by H. T. Cowling

THE CELEBRATED JACOB'S LADDER ON THE BRIGHT ANGEL TRAIL The photograph shows how broad and safe are the Grand Canyon trails. There is no dangers in the descent Copyright by Fred Harvey