The second figure could, of course, be only an 8, and the fourth was plainly a 5.

The third, however, was obscure, and Powell was uncertain whether it was a 3 or a 5.

It could have been nothing but a 2, because, as we have seen, it was in the twenties of the last century that Ashley operated in this region; and it was in 1825 that he made the Red Canyon journey.

At the date which a 3 would make he was a Congressman, and he was never in the Far West again.

Running on through Red Canyon with exhilarating velocity, but without any serious drawback, the party came out into the tranquil Brown's Hole, henceforth called Brown's Park.