The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1873-09-20
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The West Side Geyser tourists have l,eeu
coming In slowly bv groups. since our hs'
issue. On Friday evening. w. Il Judd
Granville Stuart. ID. p. Newcomer. Dict
Dickins"n, Judge Knowles. e. A. McCsbe,
| W. W. Dixon and Pat Ryan arrived, having
left the balance Of the party. twho hal los,
their ho'scs). At Mammoth SPRING. On
Sunday, Charley AspIing, Thos. Frasie,
and Robert Miller arrived. and reported
having left Prot. Smith at Mammoth Springs
still looking for . couple of horses which
had taken to the mountains in the direction
Of tie Madison. The bows look bra~n and
rugged after their nearly four wesk.' "trip,
and speak Enthusiastically Of the Park, and
their excursion. In reply 10 On inquiry II
any Of the published descriptions hsd been
cxagc, ated. Granville Stuar. said, Exag
Grafton il impossible; language isInsdequale
to describe its beauty or wonders." So the
conscience of g NJ" 10 At peace The party
was in the Geyser Basins three or four days,
aud saw about oil the principal 0evscrs in
grand eruption except the Gisn,ess. Old
Faithful is the favorite for his strict aiten.
ton to business during business hours.
After making the Grand Rounds and after
oil had been seeu-0eysers. Prsmstic
Springs, Birthstone Mountain, the Lake,
Tower Falls, and Mammoth Spsines-the
party appear to be unanimous in conceding
the palm Of marvellous beauty and grandeur
to that masterpiece Of Gods handiwork, the
Grand Canyon and Lower Falls.
They met several parties on the tour,
including the Helena party, and the Black
foot party, and journeyed some time with
Co.'s. Sanders and Deimling. A party Of
some 100 civilians and soldier escort that
had come from tho n r. II. r., through
the Wind River country, preceded them
only couple Of days In the Basins. No
very marked changes IN travel were noticed
aimee last year. except that the trail 10 now
good from the lower Basin 70 the summit
OF the mountain. Tho party also found .
Hev trad down Tower Greek, where ne
human Or equine foot had ever irod before
And where none probably will aeiin dur.
Ing the century. For tho benefit Of thess
who know the trail, We mention that they
kept down the bed Of the Greek 10 the Falls.
The timber In there. where there h chance
for II 70 grow, Il Considerably thicker than
the hair on the back Of dog-s ,olerably
scalded dog-and Il sbounds In such rocky
places - Hayden saw proper I" teuonisate
THE Devils Den" etc.
There were gsod many remarks made
on different occasions during the trip,
which will doubtless b dished up by the
historian Of the expedition, With = glossary
and bottb Of hartshorn accompanying
each volume. Among other cursory Oh.
servalions attributed to the man who said
things, was bic deliberate opinion formed on
entering the 0eyscr Basin. that - mar
" might get nearer on foot, but that was %
" near He'll ~ anybody could get with =
pack train" Some of the gcn,ler visitors
were shocked one night at his expos. uls.ioos
with his sleeping partner who snored, by
threatening "if lie did not lie still to pull
- leg out Of him and belt h,m over The
" head with The bloody end of it." and
some concern for his sanity
when be remarked with Partingtonisn sim.
p)icity at sight Of the Falls that "hc was
struck with perfect establishment, I hesc
Wails Wslls folks won't do. ~ &c..
Some OF the folks with moro aesthetic
tastes arc credited with such fights - this
which We find in the Osseste:
A gentleman just 10 from the geyser coun.
Try informs u that one evening III camp
celebration, each person present by unani.
nous vote wss compelled u sing . song,
|ell story, or make . speech. A certain
member Of the bench. from 1.-THE other side"
finding .hat bic turn he'd arrived. arose and
'pokc his piece - follows. in the glare of
the camp fire, on the upper basin Of Fire
Hole river: .,..
n Satan one morning was rowing about.
Fipdtag he'll and ito 1res were getting p'syed out
He strsyed up u zee what wss tho reason,
And arrived In Montana In very eood sssssu.
BE wanted recruits, 70 he travelled around: ]
But few were the hearers or followers he found.
At cngth In despair, - b. was ieaving the pscc.
is fell on the seyscss, . very odd place.
Where the odo Of birthstone ono thinks areas strong
IL the sulphurous fumes which to Hades belong. |
By StyxT he exclaimed now the secret II ont,
Why Eblis don't an In % longer In doabt. '
There's no novelty now in the place where dwsll
Por myself must coafess, this place heats oil he'll"
The party made the Grand Rounds from !
Virginia 10 Bozemsn In eighteen days. |
They 'rsvc. ed pretty fast the Last day.
There WAS 40 Indian scare, and ,hey-they
houghs they might b needed to protect
Bozeman. Other matters Of more import \
will receive mention when our Reporter |
with the expedition gets his quilts IN Orsics.