Note 63 — COMMENCEMENT OF THE EXPEDITION (continued 2)
Reading edition
This river is still called the Black, but more frequently the Salt. It is a considerable fork of the Gila, uniting with it a short distance below Phœnix, Arizona. The left branch of the Salt is the Verde, the principal river of central Arizona. Pattie's geography is correct in describing the source of these two great streams.—Ed.