Note 1432 — Chapter VII
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It is plain that this river was the Colorado; the description of the Grand Cañon cannot fail to be recognized. Bandelier, Historical Introduction, p. 15. The name by which it was called was the Tizon, the Spanish word for “fire-brand,” which the natives dwelling upon its banks were reported to be in the habit of carrying upon their winter journeyings. Castañeda, p. 50.