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the river the Rio Colorado, the Red River. Colorado, a Spanish adjective meaning "reddish," was apt since this stream has transported thousands of cubic acres of red soil from the highlands to the Sea of Cortez. The tributary named the Little Colorado is HE SPANIARDS CALLED
Mr. Reilly was taken to southern California when he was three months old and, with the exception of a year in Idaho, received his education in the Los Angeles area. He has been running the Colorado and its tributaries in hard-hulled boats since 1947.
