New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-11-18

hard mouthed and hard backed horses should DC
constantly trying 10 work their way out of fallen
forest should like to see the subject illustrated
by Dore
The party now turned its steps toward the Middle
Park, choosing, after some hesitation, the way
around the northern end of the Blue River group,
where the line Of rugged mountains breaks down
into high rolling hills that slope gently ON their
eastern side to the border of the Blue. For a day
we descended to the Eagle River, which is skirted
on both sides by well-trodden Indian trails; then,
turning sharply to the right, we followed another
tran across the divide between the aiuents OF the
Eagle and those of the Upper Grand and that be-
tween the latter and those Of the Blue The final
divide is well below timber-line; indeed, not more
than 1900 feet above the Blue at its junction with
the Grand inside the Park There was much fine
scenery on the way. and much interesting geology
strata along the Eagle suddenly bent at the edge
In kind of spiral surface; high cliff, 0verhanglng
our camp at the point where left the Eagle show
ing eOfoot section of horizontal cretaceous STRATA
lines of fantastic pillars the hitops great fiat
tables of basa poured out above and Gaping nights
OF sedimentary rocks or, above another in easily
distinguished layers forming the whole mass OF I'M
mense hills; mountain side by the Grand, made up
OF disinteTaing sandstoDes and shales and painted
by them in the gaudlest and most varied shades of
seen in nature upturued ancient schsts with creta
ceous strata resting horizontally directly upon them
and filing the inequalities Of their surface seeming
to show an azoic island which had escaped all the
dispositions of earlier eras from the Suran to the
Jurassic-and on, and so on, in an abundance and
variety which should in vain attempt to describe
AN INDIAN WASHINGTON" AND HIS FOLLOWERS.
Arrived at the Blue we were greeted with sight
OF another character. We came without warning
upon sudden and precipitOus drop-off in the bank;
and there perhaps 200 feet below us. lay an Indian
village of 90 lodges magic scene as it were, OF life
and activity where O moment before we had sus-
pected nothing but the wilderness. most pic
turesque scene too and hardly less attractive close
at hand than from distance; for the village mad
been set up but two three days, and Everything
about it was still fresh and clean. We rode straight
through it to the rear ford observed and observing
but more curious than adLiring, and more laughed
at than admired The young squaws seemed to be
especially amused when in the deep current we
htched up our feet on the horses sides to keep our
boots from wetting; such squeamishness was beyond
their comprehension. The band was one of Utes,
and well known at Denver and elsewhere among
the towns of the Territory its chief calls himself
"Washng ton." 1t leads more irregular and law
less life than the body of the Ute nation having re-
fused to join in making the treaty by which the
rest were limited to "a reservation, and claiming the
Middle Park rs its peculiar property 1t was here at
the Hot Springs, until few days ago, and made
itself offensive by warning out of the Park number
Of the visitors.
FAREWELL TO TIT EXPEDITION.
One days journey brought us from the Blue to
these Springs situated in the very heart of the Park
4 number of little rills of hot sulphurous water
break out of the sidehll close by the riverside join
together, and, leaving green deposit along their
course fall into a beautiful natural basin of lncrus-
tations before pouring into the river. The basin,
most attractive bathing-place Is built over with
shanty having tariff of charges on the door, and
store close by sells as it seems mainly cigars and
baking powder. On the opposite side, where there
is q cold spring. likewise sulphurOus, the lower part
of large Og-cabin intended to serve as hotel, has
been raised this season. Such are the beginnings of
the future CITY which is to be- if all Alright the
central point the metropolis of the Park, and
favore place If resort fol- the invads and oungers,
and NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. of all the mining region about,
IL not of a much wider territory. Our camp does
NOT govern its rrangement by the stakedOut streets
and squares of the city, but is recklessy thrown to-
gether q mile higher up, under the front of Mount
BrOss . -,
And here your correspondents connection with
the expedition is to come TO an end, much against
his will: called away by imperative duties else,
where he is TO ride rapidly out of the Park, and
make for civilization fast steam can carry MN,