Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1873-06-06
MONTANA.
The Crew Indian Ageilty The
Mysterious Yell0syst6Ife Region
An HsricuItSlral Paradise. go.
fiiom the ) oux City Journal 80
:, BozEAAs, spril 30, 1873.

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..s.ss, 49, BozEMAS,. april 30, 1878.
i 1rt{btor Journal.
Since lny last | have n:tda Il trip to li
1 Crow Ililiah Asaney,. wllisR IS "a The Vel
loWsto'le niver about 20 miles f,otil here.
made Tie trip on horseback. For about Il
/ miles OF Tie way the snow was from two Il
eight feet deep, but tile weesther be ng cold
The snow i,arp Il ii,rss ap nicrly, and so ]
niatIc tile journey without much trouble
But OH returning in i buggy, we encounter
aed 4 heavy storm which added about is
inches at snow to That already upon The
gf"iln,ise and sd,s my Just imagine the good
time we had tIampfng snow. It took US two
days to make the return trip 4Ei.Ef ls:3e5
The Yellowstone Valley is a beautiful
country, containing immense herds of cattle
and horses. Parties III re have llertls of cattle
numbering fron1OO to 1000 head each, and
hardly without expeetion tile anmals are fat,
though they did hot have Il pound of hay the
past winter. 5aa One man has a herd OF 500
horses IN one banel.s alael 3ii.a adp
9 Think the Crow INDIAN Agency is as well
conducted as any Indian Agency ever visit
ed.l The Indians all seem perfectly satisfied,
and it is the first agency ever visited and
did not hear some fault with theagent BY the
Idilns.zg The natives are all rich i'm horses,
are well armed, and III better condition gen.
orally than any Band of Indians I have ever
beci :tidoIg. The agent is. Major +. ID.
Peasc. aud lie not OF ly has. the good win of
the Intlians but the settlers of all Montana us
well. ... i
Mr.. Editor, WHEN you talk Of llsliing. the
Yellowstone River beats the world foi. & is
SPORT think, especially for trout. went
fishing for about three hours i day for three
days. and on eacli occasion could catch more
than Icould carry home, weighing from a
quarter of d pound to four pounds eacll.
Inmy opinion the Yellowstone country
iffords more natural cliri6sitfes than 5any
othcf part OF the United States. No 8lic. c.can
rive hi Adequate description OF tile lot |
'prings and geysers. The springs vary in
Warmth, some being so hot that you can boil /
trout in .he Water in very ew minutes, T
shile others are lukc-Wai.ln. and still others
re cold. You can catch 4 trout from the
old stream. throw i into i hot spring tilat
rom yotir tracks. s
j About ~ miles fioni the springs you an
roac geysers by tile dozens. They al
lrofW ROW up hot water at, intervals. some or
lem once All hour and others eyery t,,rae
ours. The largest. one yet discovered F.
rows up column of hot water Is tcet3 te,est3 II !.
amefer and 200 feet high at each explosion. !.
ne eruption lasts from three to five minutes | !,
ch tlme. but varies in frequency. some 4
n nes occuri ing every three houis. and
ain every fotlr iiodrs There is an, fher
user OF smaller magnitude which is called
Old Faithful as it spouts regularly every Irrl
ur. There are SOME few geysers that !,
roW up quite thick mud just as regularly 4
their neighbors throw hot, clear water. r.
some settlers, at both the springs and the =
Vsers, are putting up buildings to accom- :. :.
date visitors, of whom it is anticipated =, r.
re will be..a great many during the summer.
only from the Territory and States. but S.,
q, Europe as well. Several parties visited :, -
wonders last season, and their reports of - =,
&C they saw will undoubtedly induce many =.
lsit the locality this year. All the springs :.
geysers vet discovered are withlu the ~ =,
| of tile Great National Park. -. Wv
'me rich silver mines have been discover ma
n the Yellowstone and its tributaries. ern
the Gallatin Valley IS as good. a produc- Brc
country for wheat, barley; oats and pota- You
H IS ! ever yer saw. In fact, ] never saw as befa
wheat oats and barley. as here. and the YOU
Is Sin immense, wheat running up to so wer
els is per PEI acre acre. And there it is the best sati.
'ounlly ever saW-cattle as fat as of
,ieu oi'es SIN 10 Inc states. Il this country pud
'ailIoads it would be one Of the most men
able portions Of the United States. and and
~ = inust ccrtainiy make one OF The Be s
. =. States SdIaas's. III tue tue, Unloh. who
5ts STOf;A hit ,