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There is an immense body of literature relating to the Navajo Indians, most of it produced by others than historians. I have found no satisfactory account of the expansion of the Navajo frontier outward, especially toward the lower San Juan River and Glen Canyon, from the Canyon de Chelly region. Works like those by Kluckhohn and Leighton (1958) and the popular book by Underhill (1956) are helpful on Navajo relations with the whites. Dale's (1949) book covers federal relations with Indians of the Southwest after 1848. Colton (1959) treats of campaigns against the Navajos during the Civil War. There is very little material on the Mormon-Navajo war, which almost coincides with the Navajo captivity at Bosque Redondo, beyond the work of Brooks (1944a) and especially Woodbury (1950). The Hamblin biographies touch upon it of course. There is a considerable body of materials in the Military Records Section, Utah State Historical Society, touching upon military campaigns against the Paints and Navajos as carried out by the Iron Military District of the Utah Territorial Militia. This includes the Woolley Journal (1869). The killing of Powell's men by the Shivwits is told by Powell (1875) and his biographers (Stegner, 1954 and Darrah, 1951). Reeve (1949) reproduces Tenney's account of the treaty arranged with the Navajos at Fort Defiance by Powell and Hamblin in 1870. The Grass Valley episode and the final settlement with the Navajos is treated by Creer (1958) and by Hamblin's biographers. The Weyss sketch appears in Wheeler (1889), Stegner (1954) and Crawford (1945) and probably elsewhere. The earliest use that I have found of the proper name "El Vado de los Padres" is on an engraved map of The Territory and Military Department of Utah compiled by the Bureau of Topographical Engineers and issued by the War Department in 1860, with additions (not affecting Utah) to 1862, in the National Archives. This map incorporates Philip Harry's compilation of Escalante's route and other material from the Simpson survey of the Great Basin before it appeared in Simpson's (1876) own report delayed by the Civil War. This may be the source also for "El Vado de los Padres" appearing on the map by Egloffstein accompanying the report made by Macomb (1876) of his exploration to the junction of the Grand and Green rivers in 1859, a report also delayed by the Civil War. Egloffstein shows the Escalante trail in the manner of Philip Harry. The map may also have been of service to Powell, who was aware of the existence of the Crossing and its general location, which he decided after the end of the first voyage, and after talking to Jacob Hamblin, must be identical with Hamblin's Ute Ford. The Wagner-Camp (1953) bibliography is an essential reference work of original narratives of travel and adventure, 1800-1865. 20Epson Perfection 4870 Photo, 400 dpi, 8 bit, 14,143,488 byte