JohnWesleyPowellandtheMightyColoradobyAlexandraEricsonillustratedbyJeffreyThompsonCopyright©byHarcourt,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedortransmittedinanyformorbyanymeans,electronicormechanical,includingphotocopy,recording,oranyinformationstorageandretrievalsystem,withoutpermissioninwritingfromthepublisher.RequestsforpermissiontomakecopiesofanypartoftheworkshouldbeaddressedtoSchoolPermissionsandCopyrights,Harcourt,Inc.,6277SeaHarborDrive,Orlando,Florida32887-6777.Fax:407-345-2418.HARCOURTandtheHarcourtLogoaretrademarksofHarcourt,Inc.,registeredintheUnitedStatesofAmericaand/orotherjurisdictions.PrintedinChinaISBN10:0-15-350990-2ISBN13:978-0-15-350990-2OrderingOptionsISBN10:0-15-350601-6(Grade4On-LevelCollection)ISBN13:978-0-15-350601-7(Grade4On-LevelCollection)ISBN10:0-15-357943-9(packageof5)ISBN13:978-0-15-357943-1(packageof5)Ifyouhavereceivedthesematerialsasexaminationcopiesfreeofcharge,HarcourtSchoolPublishersretainstitletothematerialsandtheymaynotberesold.Resaleofexaminationcopiesisstrictlyprohibitedandisillegal.Possessionofthispublicationinprintformatdoesnotentitleuserstoconvertthispublication,oranyportionofit,intoelectronicformat.1234567891098512111009080706byAlexandraEricsonillustratedbyJeffreyThompsonJohnWesleyPowellandtheMightyColoradoSlowlyandcarefully,MajorJohnWesleyPowellcheckedandrecheckedthesupplies.ItwasMayof1869.Onthisday,heandninemenwouldbeginajourneythatnopersonhadevertaken.TheiradventurewouldbegininGreenRiverinwhatisnowWyoming.TheirgoalwastoridedownthemightyColoradoRiver.MajorPowellsteppedintohisboat,theEmmaDean,whichwasnamedafterhiswife.Threeotherboatswouldholdtherestofthegroup.“Runuptheflagsnowandshoveoff!”shoutedMajorPowell.Withthat,themenpushedtheboatsoffintothewaters,andthejourneyhadbegun!3NoonehadevertakenatripdowntheColoradobecausetherapidsweresodangerous.MajorPowellhadbeenwarnedrepeatedlyaboutthesedangers,buthewasdeterminedtomakethetrip.ItwasnotthefirsttimePowellwouldfacedanger.HehadfoughtbravelyintheCivilWa...
