▁near ▁E ly s ian ▁Park , ▁north ▁of ▁D od ger ▁Stadium ▁and ▁Dow nt own ▁Los ▁Angeles . ▁ ▁The ▁Ar roy o ▁Sec o ▁Park way , ▁or ▁Pas ad ena ▁Fre ew ay , ▁runs ▁parallel ▁to ▁the ▁channel ized ▁Ar roy o ▁Sec o ▁from ▁South ▁Pas ad ena ▁to ▁the ▁Los ▁Angeles ▁River . ▁ ▁History ▁ ▁Trad itional ▁narr ative ▁ ▁A bove ▁Dev il ' s ▁Gate , ▁the ▁rap ids ▁of ▁the ▁Ar roy o ▁Sec o ▁are ▁position ed ▁so ▁that ▁the ▁falls ▁make ▁a ▁be ating , ▁la ughing ▁sound . ▁In ▁T ong va - G ab ri eli ño ▁traditional ▁narr atives , ▁this ▁is ▁attributed ▁to ▁a ▁w ager ▁made ▁between ▁the ▁river ▁and ▁the ▁co y ote ▁spirit . ▁ ▁Early ▁settlement ▁The ▁Ar roy o ▁Sec o ▁was ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁Los ▁Angeles ▁River ▁trib ut aries ▁expl ored ▁by ▁Gas par ▁de ▁Port ola ▁in ▁the ▁late ▁summer ▁and ▁fall ▁of ▁ 1 7 7 0 . ▁He ▁named ▁the ▁stream ▁Ar roy o ▁Sec o , ▁for ▁of ▁all ▁the ▁can y ons ▁he ▁had ▁seen , ▁this ▁one ▁had ▁the ▁least ▁water . ▁During ▁this ▁expl oration ▁he ▁met ▁the ▁Chief ▁H ah am og - na ▁( H ah am ong a ) ▁near ▁Mill ard ▁C any on , ▁at ▁the ▁settlement ▁later ▁known ▁as ▁H ah am ong na ▁- ▁California . ▁This ▁band ▁of ▁the ▁T ong va ▁Indians ▁would