, 1869-09-28
Up Big Wind River Valley,
Buffalo Bull Lake.
The North and South Forks.
ELK Hunting.
Ont Of Provisions and the Return.
Die PorQAC1x VALLEY, Sept. Z

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f"ef WNnoas a."'c""s, aao. 'sA'.us - -
entered The bills aso'n ana ,nA1thsu r'~1.',.
For three hours We tolled on snfonEa saSs-osuaa
and Eand, tfavcfs'nR one OF ING iot'st ste1He aua
barren regions anse ever seen uos sooo a. ~ -
nom nc came 10 stRnt OF h's Mtuu i.i'cl ~. ~
saley- Inc sn"ey y. .N.. 'o.-. -" 80
miles wide, covered Eth green 91uA lily n"a
well "oooeu asoo0 .ne oAnNs " H. .ae az
cotton tteea. VIC Fa" e's' "ees, saa oea1 uas.e
1cnlnE down 10 me "a'ef eoSe, oot u'u wv u.s
cover ao1 sau'e eaeett y ~" ~ snr..s
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nascnea aleW in"es s"1 s.eaps - ~ ~, =. y.
COTTONWOOD, hear thc ueau VI 'ae '"snous ouAA''
buil Lake
ECFFALo RCli LAKE
Il situated on Wind River, nbcut n3ty-nye TnAet
fyum South rass- II IS = mile wide
anil said 10 lr eeren mites long. 1t.
,apth n frnm ttya to twenty lee4
and the water iA OF a clear Rreen co.os- Tht
s.rr.m tim. s,tn.1e. /, po1rs on. OF m Immense
mprtatn rnrre a: the heat of The lake. The wal,.
,re 70 high and tvucb ,hat 10 one has been known
10 ascend the pas4; but, 1algIn0 by ire roar o.
the water, there Il great fall somewhere IN LII
xuuou. Thu .uke rprtles tito NiE Wind I1vet
:pd is ttmply hasiu In the hills which can oalJ
le approached through high EnrRes b
n,ps,pp over uasrow and rough trails. Thu
acencrJ Il Iescritr,f Is grand AMI beautiful
the immediate for,lrr~ Ut the lake beng level
xbtIe II IL surrounded With groves aud evergreens
rhr Indians TO eyers fail to the lake to nsh. ant
II ltas long been disputed Rround. The Sake.
claim II. but both the Cro*s and tho Sioux Ind!
aps 30 there to nsh. Many years ago these tribe'
arc rcported 10 haec net on the border Of ths
,,kc. xncs a great hattie tuak place, and latGs
uutntr,s we're killed., Ssulte. bo1ea Of men aut
ho,ses. and relics of bas3,arous warfare are stiI
found an +he rrounN where the great conEIc
.rn,, fnr ,,,,ce dsyp-.be Sioux ,xipR the victor!
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