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On 8/13/2014 12:30 AM, Opinicus wrote:
> On Tue, 12 Aug 2014 09:48:24 -0600, Mayo > wrote:
>
>>> I had completely missed that. Powell doesn't mention it of course and
>>> I don't think it's referred to in Dan Snow's "Operation Grand Canyon",
>>> a BBC documentary (BBC) about re-running a part of the expedition in
>>> boats similar to those used in 1869.

>>
>> Powell was a tough minded, good commander and explorer - he never used
>> his arm as an excuse for anything.

> I watched the Snow documentary again last night and the narrator does
> mention the disability (if it may be called that in Powell's case)
> twice, in fairly quick succession and almost as if it were an
> unimportant detail, in the introduction. Yesterday I discovered that
> in his report of the 1872 expedition Powell does mention the fact,
> albeit obliquely, on pages 129-130:
>
> <powell>
> "... We will tell the Indians on the other side of the great river
> that we have seen Ka'-pu-rats, and he is the Indians' friend..."
> "Ka'-pu-rats" is the name by which I am known among the Utes and
> Shoshones, meaning "arm off."
> </powell>
>

Keep these posts up, I'm loving reading the expedition logs again, thanks!