, 1870-10-11
TIE WONDERFUL GEYsERs oF
MONTANA.
Report OF the geslowssouc Exploring
Expedition,
Ero1fa IL

Report of the Ee1loxvssouc Exn1ortpv
Expedition.
From sAt Aoasana GaSfus
s,dno 1om r1s;,n our correspondent WITH the Yellow
sketch Of their trip, which Is Of interest to liz
entire Territory and TIE world. We arc prunl-
lied full account. with correct l.,o. troru
eopious notes and sketches. We are satisfied
tAfs WONDERFUL region only needs to become
knonn % attract as much attention as anS
4Ae lcs!a~Htone expedition left Eort Ellis,
NendaS, August q, aud camped on the Yei-
foNEfcs'e. hear DotteItet'r ranch, the eyenjnc
Of August g. This ~ the lat ranch on The
fsoh1ier AZ yon ASCEND tina Yellowstone.
Leaving there Angus. II, they kept 10 tl,e
river on tAls eide A. far ~ tho mouth Of Gard
s,crs RiTeI, y hen they struck across the coun-
try to- Warm Spring Crtek. on Which thrr
csmpel August q, less tl.an . mile frnno
wisere it einrties into fhe Yellowstone. TIC
scenery q tue YELLOWSTONE Valley il both
grand aud beautiful. aid ia, probable, novi.ere
aur1 assed in its peculiar style. The mos. sis,.
gular feature seen was tho Devils Sl.Je. sir11;-
la1 to tie tne in Echo Canon, but much rnnre
massive. Il consists Of two immense perveu-
d!cula1 walls running Iown tho ride of a
mountain. They were atout half milo long,
and the IarGcet Nas hundred feet in heieIt
Is thirty feet scross.
Jnst below the camp on Warm Spring Creek
the stream enters cano1, and eilCrt DIR
tance below this il decidedly tho most pictur-
esaae waterfall seen Oh tho whole .,ip The
rock foundation about the falls is Of sand
| *toue. which aesumss the eAapc Of spiras anI
| pinnasare towering above tho falls from fprtr
70 dtts feet. Tue stEeszl il about tia s:za Of
the 1TlckiF Pear. remarkably cIea-. foans in
vi ste saptce for few feet. then pluuges r,er.
I rendieu!srly II: feet into the gorge below,
whasc sides are nearly perfendica,at, and Ill
| hut iusuruountable. Tha top of the vort-., /.
4 xE1, ,S,-t1A Ax.r.
alsa f1-d foatlold in ,ts rocky siiea.
At the fott Of the creek Va found q few
Masm Springs Which probably gave it its aa1ne.
| We, however, changed it to Lozer Creek, and
| gave tht falls the game apaeIlat:on.
| AuGEst 70. the party struck across the
country for the fails of tue Ycilows;one. Oh
| The route they found many u.1m and hot
springs possessing various chemical proper
t,ts which would be wonderful anywhere but
IN tie 1eliowstone Valley, and entitled to .
description in the hriefeet Ct Newspaper ac-
connsR: wese they not 50 entirely ecliphea b,
those they s.w afserEatd.
| Atcns neon Aug. &c. unexpectedly to eyerr
Que. they came suddenly to the falls OF Tie
! ieEoxetoue- Lucy are Ii . gorge 10 deep
shas At quarter Of nile distant, the etili-
Eess q the forest ID unbzoken Is tho roar.
mn,le.,ie general aspect Of tho country would
! not within three miles OF the river,
lhe5 immediately went into camp abaut d
lille f1csn the falls, which Fas the nearest
eonyenlent to water. ALove the fails tbe
1eiio#stone howa through an open country,
eight thousand feet atore the s4a, and il
forks. Ahoye tho upper falls the river foat,s
Ior s'1t5 yards in rapids white as SNOW. II
three points it pitches over ernooth lelges,
one Ten, one ffteer, and one twenty feet in
hetGlt- The river at the head Of the falls
naEfcws down TO aeout tLirtv yards. aud rolls
il white froth between two huge boulders,
n1ty fest in height, over asmooth ielse, about
ten degrees on perpendicular line. into a
deep cHnon below.
The Perpendicular height Of the Upper
Falls Is a hnndIed and dfteen fees- Ats
foot the Hater strikes shelving rock aud
shootE pEt horizontally distance Of twenty
ftes. This feature. together with the rain-
boz which cooaiantIy atches tbs falls, anu me
1ich frothy appearance OF the "ateS: teu4 -
mafe il one OF the most heausitui 10 Aae,.Ga.
though in grandeur and snb!lu.ity It NAY 90
elsewhere surpassed. FLOWING into sha ), iei-
love toste, tetween its tHo main f1l!", "Atca
nre third Of = mile apart, is suaH stream.
which We nauled CaFcade, oEiDE to caseA1e
then one Of fi{,een feet into grotso Between
tvo l,rre bonIdetr, which arca almost To-
/ retkc, It the top enclosing deep Fool At the!r
taxe tEeu out Ct ths EFoefo - s11a1nS ia1l
ct eishty-four feet, making IN ~ ~ fomaale Ms II
riter runs Ia swifs current through q ca1ou
o1sr over sco feet deep, hut easi!y descended. At
ia had cf tho lover falls the river is COM
rarasivsly placid. md tfo1.y yards in Width.
Ihe waNs sre $50 feet high. Owing to the
lie ieos OF the falls, At this point ID ths
commencement Of the great csuon or chasua
eighteen miles lorg, varying in depth from
seven TO fifteen hundred feet. and in very {au
places capable Of dceceut- No person Is aver
known 10 lave been at The foot Of tho fslla.
The sides ct the csuon A:e of volcanic
! nature, eolored IN uany places With flowers d