The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1872-01-13
In the Region .0(. the Won.
gr.I-s ibya d0r1ul Lake, rrsn, . r,aa,
tFrom Notes b. G. G. Clawsou.1

In the Region or the fyH0n-
'r,raIvs ts,5 dorful Lake. aen, = $3.50
From Notes BY c. c. clawson1 ..,'', e.,
On the great dividing ridge between u,
Geyser Basin end Yellowstone Lake, is L
be found much that i interesting; and Il
will well repay the searcher after grand and
marvellous sights 70 haksr along aptl admire
the quiet beauty of that region which con.
trssts 70 strangely with the country border.
ing its eastern and western sides. Timber
is abundant, but not 90 thick or brushy q
to impede to any great extent the progress
of pack animals. An occasional opening ID
found, abounding with luxuriant grasses
iptermingled with dowers of. richest hues,
but wild and odd -looking-some of them
unlike any that grow on the prairies OF in
gardens. 1t would seem they were ."s .'nt
Born to blush unseen .,
, And waste their fragrance On the mountain air,
But apparently they are 90 near the heavenly
land that the dwellers therein might rsach
and pluck them. On the pretty little lakes,
Of whichrwe passed number, were inyrr--
lads OF -. SO b. ysas.a: -..,a 81. = .,.yI
POND LHIEA a. sas..m., ,.a,.p,
OF perfect shaps. sometimes In such num-
bers % to almost obscure the face of The
water. How is the order of things reversed
Here grow plants on the mountains summit
indigenous to bayous, sloughs and sluggish
streams, and the climate 10 milder than in the
country far below. In the vicinity of the
eeysefs Ice formed every night, but up .
tnr t.,b r.,r ION THE HEIGHTs " aea n,
We found the atmosphere as soft - that of
June evening i1 the Middle States. Thus
We see the rule OF 1.-THE higher the COLDER
does not hold good in Wonderland. Also
10 the old theory that the geysers and hot
lakes are the cause of the mild winters
(cvery Goth year excepted, when Ill signs
faiD. in Montana and part Of Wyoming, cx.
ploded, for it Is COLLIER in the Geyser Basin
than outside of it. The steam clouds con.
tinually condensing keep the air damp, and
the nights frosty even In midsummer In
October of this year (Which is probably an
exception). the thermometer registered a.
low ~ 21o beOlW zego.l .oytus odt II ..;rn nd
In places In the woods whortleberries
were numerous, although Of small species.
Birds, of which we saw several efficient
kinda, stared at Us 10 astonishment, while |.
the little ray-squirrels lesped and skipped
from tree 70 tree, alr the time
and scoldin9 ss though they
thonght we had come to dispossess them of
their land. gn5.m 1o s,n. .6. aor .al . te4l \
This ridge extends soushward between
the Lake and the Fire Hole until it intersects
the main range At the head Of the latter.
When about midway between them We came
10 point where the apex appeared 10 be
reached. Sitting on our horses we gased
md gazed in silent wonderment at the out.
stretched world bel"w. We were beyond
he flight Of the Muses., consequently no
sudden eruption Of pocticsl illusions oc-
:urrcd. though each, no doubt, was wrspt
n musings of his own. We could not help
ceiling that we were lifted up ~ " - \
BETWEEN HEAVEN AND HELL,
For while the see,hing, sulphurous lakes
we're on each side and far beneath ~, the
'lacid sky hung in grandest beauty above as.
One can more fully realize the, great ele.
alton of the country at the sources Of the
Yellowstone, Snake and Green
aivers. by going to the map and tracing
nth the finger the Mississippi from New Or
cans to st. Louis (l2oo miles). thence to Fort
'enton (81OO miles,, and from there on to
he head of the Fire Hole (probably 500
re)-approximating in all. 1000 miles, or
early as far as from New York to Liver.
0,l and hack; Of take the Colorado where
flows into the Cult of California and trace
to Green River, thence u its beginning; 4
: on the West, by commencing at the Go. /
,mbis where it empties it, mighty waters
ito the Pacific, and following that stream
} the Snake. snd up that 70 its sourceiin
le Range, and it requires no stretch Of the
aagination 70 realize that when you stand
D the summit ut the head, Of those streams
on ore upon Z:Heol =ailseesrp9 o. ,G.3
'o,r1 TEE Arrx o. NORTH AxERrcA.. ..4'.a"4
This will be one Of The most Interesting
atures Of the Wonderland when Congress
lall have - aside 100 mikes square here -
.59iit',q "A WORLDS PARK, irg# ss8 20 ..
'hich It no doubt will.s And IN the scrsm.
e for names for this new territory it ID to
} hoped suitable one wiz be found, with
, big Injin" chisf figuring in Il Let it
consisting appropriate, tor instance
'7..'' i'as =s.4ssss.HIAwAT1A,"a ~ 'o5 gsa8r7 I'D
1igh waters), OF, '.Leiswatha, (" (leaping