Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1874-02-27
FROM MONTANA.
From the Fulton (New York; PatSie4.l

(From the Fulton (New York; Patsie4l
We publish the following by pe,
mission, from private letter, date,
at Grow Agency, Montana Territory {:
1t is the Sabbath,
.'rsut the:.sound Of the church. going he'll,
These valleys aud rocks never hcard;''
so VIC spend that holy day at home
We have very few visitors, as all know
we arc church members. say all, fa
we have some twenty-five white per
sons here, though nolie but ourselves
are professors,
There has never been any arrange
ment made for having religious ser
vices here, although this Agency il
nomin..lly assigned to the Methodists
but in fact it has never been ASST gned
which accounts for lack Of religious
Obscrvances.
When the Chairman of the Indiar
Peace Commission, Col. Brrnot, was
here last summer, he said that some
mission work must he done, or tile
Agency would be turned over to 9th
ers. The Commissioner is just hcrt
again, and may now require the fruit
of the vineyard, either from Metho
dists or some other body.
From Eastern papers learn that
many persons ere looking anxiOusly
for the opening up of this noted Vel
lowstone valley. 1t is truly a noble
valley, bearing away from this point
in a northeast direction more than
600 miles, with many streams flowing
into it from either side, continually
adding to the extent of the original
valley. Along each stream is u strip
of bottom land, answering for meadow,
then "bench land" for grain and
grazing, afterwards foot hills, and
finally mountains, high or low, as they
may be near to or distant from the
main mountain chains. Along some
Of the streams the bottom lands,
bench lands, etc., are quite regular,
but on others, the widest confusion
prevails, termed "bad lands," adapted
to very little else than grazing. Some
twelve miles above this Agency, the
mountains on both sides crowd hard
up to the Yellowstone, forming what
is known as the lower canyon. A
mile or so above, the valley opens
again, but not as wide as below, for
tall mountains scanned and SCARED,
and rent by internal forces, approach
abruptly within a mile or two of the
river. The snow lies deep at this date
(July 13th) in their vast chasms,
among the stunted pines, while the
husbandman away below is tilling the
soil and watching his herds.
From the canyon above mentioned,
the sources of the Yellowstone are
three or four hundred miles away to
the south and southeast.
The National Park, established by
act Of Congress-, lies in this region Of
wonders including canyons, falls,
lakes, hot springs, geysers, mountains,
extinct volcanoes, frequentearthquakes,
and many things indescribable. Even
Moran's famous painting OF the
g Grand Canyon" of the Yellowstone,
though highly eulogized, is but faint
of what came forth
when God said "Let it be-" and it
was.
Though we have no angel to trouble
the waters as at Sloan, yet the
springs are here, and many stepping
in have been healed.
No moral grandeur clusters around
these mountains, like Sinai, or Moriah,
Dr. like Carmel, with its prophet,
by the sea, yet in natural
in quiet, simple beauty, and
in wild, rugged, imposing scenery,
Few spots, if any, on this green earth,
excel the region here imperfectly de-
The half has never yet been
.Old. j. H. A.