So heavily did this situation weigh upon him that he almost concluded to abandon the river and try the chance on the top, but then he says: "For years I have been contemplating this trip.

To leave the exploration unfinished, to say that there is a part of the canyon which I cannot explore, having already almost accomplished it, is more than I am willing to acknowledge, and I determine to go on." So he awoke Walter Powell and explained to him Howland's decision.

Walter agreed to stand by him, and so did Sumner, Hawkins, Bradley, and Hall.

The younger Howland wished to remain, but would not desert his brother.

O.G.
Howland was determined to leave the river, and Dunn was with him.
I have never met any of the men of this party except Powell and his brother Walter, so I have no other account of the affair than the one just stated, which is from Powell's Report, and is the same that he gave me orally before that Report was printed.