The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-01-02

ing swift in its rock-girt channel, and We
saw by a glance that We could not pro.
coed up stream a single rod. Bold abut-
ments, on which there was no foothOld.
rose defantly at the very outset. Still
our labors had not been quite in vain.
The ~cyclopean escarpments siop:ug up
200 feet above US, with their scattering
trees, deep assures, serrated ridges and
o~verhanging cliffs rejecting the varied
hues of the butterfy's wing, was glory
enough. We rested, left our cards, took
IA drink and a pebble from the river, and
glancing upward commenced
THE HARDEST sCRAMBLING
Our journey had yet called forth. When
on the talus it was getting up n step
and sliding back two;" when crawling
around the rifted rocks, whence the frag-
ments had fallen, it was a tooth and
toe-nail" struggle for dear life. After
much tribulation, toll and sweat, we
emerged safely from our hazardous adj
venture.
l shall not detail the mishaps of the
next day, when we lost the trail and fol-
lowed down the gorge of Tower Creek.
There was some fretting, and cursing,
of course; but jolly Dick Dickinson,
never whining at trining discomforts,
led g%allantly forward; while our peer
less in cuisine-Pat Ryan-attentive as
Il lover to his kitty" brought up the
rear. That evening we camped near
the confluence of Tower Creek and the
Yellowstone.
The next morning the train left early,
but several remained behind to view
intently the fine scenery at this point.
TIE TOWER FALLS
Are so hedged in by natures minarcts
and towers that it is quite difficult to get
neal them from above. BY entering the
gorge below, near the mouth of the
Creek, and travelling up the rugged
banks of the stream. we got close to the
foot of these beautiful falls. The scene
here is as romantic rs 4 dream of fairy
land. The great, weather-worn towers
stand like sculptured domes on 4 mass
i've temple from which the stream leaps
down 156 feet. Columnar buttresses of
weathered breccia, weird rs the portals
of some gothic fame, rise far up into
fanciful pinnacles, hundreds of feet
above their bases. The hills around and
above are wooded and grassy, but pre-
cipitous and charmingly picturesque.
Here, too, in close proximity, is seen
the lower extremity of the Grand Can
yon more than twenty miles below it,
inception. and still a marvel in contour
and coloring. More regular than above,
it here slopes up in three distinct terra
ces, each terrace being capped by an
adamant palisade showing n jointage
closely resembling massive masonry.
This entire locality is destined to become
famous for its varied and impressive
natural scenery. No admirer of Nature
in her wild caprices and sublimest as-
poets can go away disappointed. As We
rode again on our journey. toward Gar
diner river, we had constant occasion to
admire and wonder at and praise the
muniiiccnt liberality with which she i.
endowed in the valley of the Yellow
stone.
MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS.
Or White Mountain Springs,o on Gardiner
eighteen miles below Tower
were reached about 3 Z. NJ. Sep
9th. After orr experience, there
would be some reason for the opinion
of one of our party who. on his arrival
home. being ~interrogated rs to the char
of the scenes he had witnessed.
invariably reply, Too much
entirely too much hot water"
i did not expect anything new. bu,
must confess that here was the mos,
and imposing hot spring form.
alton yet seen. These springs have new
and characteristics combined
with those already described. fhc de-
post here is mainly calcareous. 7acre
the deposits are great; here they Ar.
gigantic; rising by terraces to the az
gregate height Of 1000 feet, and cover
ing an area of two miles square. The
principal active springs now occupy .
middle terrace, i'll shape u circul,r.
snow-white mound 200 feet high, with y
fiat top like the truStrum Of \ conc.
Hayden says of this mound, at had T..
Of
A FROZEN CASCADE.
fla group of springs near the summit
of a mountain were to distribute their
waters down the irregular dccliyi,ics,
and they were slowly congcalcd. the
would bear some resemblance in
Add TO this idea the decoration |
Of exquisite alabastcr w~atcr-vases with
gold and silver l%inin.s, arranged Ike |
spiral steps around 4 tower, and adorned
with the multiform tracery and brillis9,
already family described. and
still the picture is incomplete. To see
Is the only way to know the mystical
witchery that nature has here so cua-
devised.
Though the hall has not been told. |
here lay down my pen, deeply cons.i,l,
Of its impotence to portray, even -
through Il glass darby" n glimpse of !
Wonderland. What may have srcn"I
20 some readers the foolish e.arrern,ivn
Of a ford style, has been written with =
Conscientious regard for truth; ha,,
we all see through colorcd glasses.
if n false impression has been conveyed.
.et it be an impeachment of my Cog