History of Utah, 1540-1886 - Brigham Young University

10 DISCOVERIES OF THE SPANIARDS.
over north-east to Rio San Francisco, 9 and again to
the Rio San Javier 10 on the 28th, their course being
for some distance east of north.
Not far from their path was a rancheria of Yutas,
which the Spaniards visited, endeavoring to obtain
guides to the land of the Timpanogos, Timpangotzis,
or Lagunas, where they had been told to look for
Escalante's Route from Santa Fe to Utah Lake.
Pueblo towns. A Laguna guide was there, but the
Yutas did all in their power to dissuade the explorers
9 An affluent of the San Javier, or Grand River.
10 Called by the Yutas Tomiche; to-day Grand River. It may here be
observed that the route toward this region had been visited by Spaniards
before, notably by Juan Maria de Ribera in 1761, and Spanish names had
been given to places, though the present Utah was probably not entered by
him. Escalante states that the San Javier is formed by four small streams
coming in above the point at which he crossed, and these, says Harry, Simpnous
Explor., 490, correspond 'remarkably with the Uncompagre River,
Grand River, Smith's Fork, and another large fork. . .It seems evident that
after crossing the San Xavier he follows up stream a different fork from what
wc call Grand River, but which fork he calls the main river, or San Xavier.'
Gunnison maps his explorations, showing the mouth of this last named
stream. In Simpson's Explor., 489, is given a map of the present expedition,
but it does not conform in every particular to Escalante's text.