The man was not at the farm, and nothing was ripe, but Hall suggested that potato-tops make good "greens." A quantity was therefore secured, and, at the noon stop, cooked and eaten, with the obvious result that all were violently sick.

Luckily, the sickness was brief, and they were able to proceed by the middle of the afternoon.

Often, the longing, by men living on bacon and beans, for something fresh in the vegetable line, leads to foolish experiments.
* A white man married to a squaw, and living with the tribe.
This Wonsits Valley soon came to an end and once more the rocks closed in, forming a canyon lacking the vegetation that had accompanied the cliffs along the river above.

Because of this general barren appearance the gorge was called the Canyon of Desolation.

On July 11th, they approached a rapid which seemed at first glance no more difficult to run than many they had successfully dashed through.