, 1877-10-20
His Return from a Very Long
Journey.
Interesting Description Of Won.
aers OF tho West.
The Country from Which Indians Art
Disappearing,
And tbe Marvels Of the Yellowstone
National Park.

BY General al the army.
After an atfcctionatc greeting between Nrs
Sherman and the family, the reporter took the
opportunity to accost the General With tic per.
ttnent question: .....
.'uow ARE rou, aENzaAl'''
"Ncver felt better"
"iidw long have you been absentf'
"tiett st. Louis on the Fourth Of Julv, aud
have been gone lust lis days. have Travelled
between 1900 and 10 900 miles; left st. Paul for
Bssrnarck on tho 7th Of July. Went to Billing.
hon uay. within eighteen miles Of the north
westesa 1}eHnaaI5Y' visited San 'uAn and Van
"Wc have kopt track Of your march 10 tho
racthc,, tieneraI; did you enconnteF tho In
dians."
Nons Of the hos,!|cs, but NC mot with some
IA st4tr.1lcnt from you Of your Impression
would be quite Interesting. General"
''fcs, ireiua.u hero coupie OF daTs before
".just 80. You belong now to your farnIiy'';
and, thu carriages hulng tn readiness, the Ten
eral and his family dtuss out TO their residence
on Garrison avenue.
4 lew nl,,lnruis' talk with Gen. Poe, who
nlarkahe tour, furnished additional outlines Of
Oh Tongue K'ycr July il, where Gen. Miles,
who las Just n!oggel ,1o.eph's band Of
they tIrs, lrarnc.l that Sitting Bill
had takcn rcf,lyr In thc British Dominion.
Along tic iinc of the Northern pacinc Railroad
they toun'l great deal u valuable country.
BlsInafvk It IL we'll done. The next link from
Bismarck In Powder River VII! cnt III 3oo miles
of tho Missouri Ryrr aud l5U mffes Of the fci-
T., % III s msrn '9m os poxsf payas
tipf,. frun, Tongae River The party proceeded
on July II to tho lig Horn, consuming thrco
days, and stcamtny lip the current OF tue latter
' aT sf1 r oa sers tseta tses met net
HHN. BiiKntDAN
and party, who lad ceI,ie across the country
from Fort stamt'aueh, with whom long COO
'ost va. weii i'xated, Il beiug ii tic very heart
Cus.cr's Gght With Sitting bull.
They then proceeded 70 Fort Ellis, and on
tho way they. met = rulrer with alt.-gcn.
rornrcnd's dispatch. saying that lbc President
desired Tie Generals Immediate returt,, unless
they had further Information that the strike
riots had ceased; but OH recalling the Tort
they were tra.l1cd with tho intelligence that tile
rlots t,ad ceasci, aud that tho ucncr2l cou!d
proceed OIL the route originally Intended. From
ton to tIls Yellowstone
NATIONAL PARK,
In the extreme northwest corner Of Wyoming
Territory. The Gcncrat took with him only
Avu Holl!cre, and seut word to Gen. Gibbon.
who WIS In purauit Of tho Ncx Percest that bis
escort company was subject to his ordets: Iho
expedition to tho park consumed about dftccn
Tile account Of tho visit to tho park, ~ given
by ten. SherMa1, Is Eraphir: lie saya: stcati.
ttInc suppose you want to hear something Of
tho National Fark, or Woodland "as 1t Is cn!tcd
here. it you know, came from tile Big Horn
here With two light snrtnE wagons and one light
wagotl, With stx fad.lle-hprscs. Hero ne organ.
izcsl tltc party,-Cot. + liason. NY son and solf
three .lrIrcra, une packer. four soldera, and I've
rack-nults, four ot1lccrt, fur soluters,
| one citizen, and tweut!-tlirce atilnlals. The
packer vas also guide. Wo bud good maps, by
Eapts. Barlow md Hoop Of thu engineers, which
| VIC found very accurate. Onr rate Of travel was
about twan.y miles = day or less. Our frat
| dnY's travel took Ia southeast over the mount
all range to the valley q tho isllowstonc: tho
ncxt Two days up tic Valley Ut the Yellowstone
| ~ tne mouth Of Gardncf'a River.
| THE GREAT PAi.ts.
"DescrnslinE Mount WnshblITn, by trail
thtns w""as o!1a ,:,s s1"srgss 'nto ttse eaaoM .s
watcr, nni, following It to near its mouth, you
ca,up mud walk 10 the great falle aud The bead
of thu felluwstone eanon. In granleuFl
any on Garth. The palntlnr By siora1 IN Tue
Capitol ia good, but painting an4 words arc
unequal to the subject. They mustebc seen t.
ho appreciated a,d felt. ,..,,, ..,
mills s,eluw the seron Falla, froua which d per
feet view IL lad Of tia scron Falls nnM tht
F.tl. xsI.<x JcE FAA
canon. lIu up:'er iali$ a. arc gwen VI ~, re
UNI ~ lower ~ Nv. MG w.. eanoh T. uesGflne.
- .,uN lcet; y not s,Uu ,innlcdlatsiY tNles
tae sefon fal,s' btit may ne lower mo"n' ao
.hts eah17 sc, s .us'y h,nh nSs ,hn h1"e' ,aat ~"
WHcrc bfcaNs tnlouen t1o tanst
abreast q Wasl,9ern ,,y lay " 3%s ~
iect' Just peiow tmo sston sa.'s. al.N l.m'
icet W9au po nearer t'au eAast tueas1schcma sa
but It !ottns ~ attllal canynIl, tne SUES oc'ni
almost vertical, anu no one YehtaslhG 70 ~
Tempt ossccnt. u ID hot 70 anuca LUG 10TH .
thss cnnson: though iantastsc IN tnu extreme extreme
al,at cileitea ~ au!n'Fallon, ons tno eolotioR
Ing sotl totk tntuuEu WHEEL % ..e "ahstH y
cut i why aFG nt t!'o most 9elteate col9fs st-nhu
gray. anu rcd,-al! so perfectly b!enuL!i as !,
auakc picture q exln!tlG hnMh: , Ihe lail
.,Il cany.'! ul the iei'oMsaons wy sctnain =
elIe eti4 III time ohlcets OF liataral nfautY ane
grandeur to attratt inc attention u lilo l!sloe
Thk HOT armlSos'
70 thls time We had seen no eeyse1s @
hot snflnks; oht tho iext saaF. e.nt un1tea
from Inc ltl's, We came ~ sn4phnr aA'untNn,
bare. naked, iepulstye hill, u"t u larsc cxten'
vt tue nase vt which were lot, 1l.1nling spr!"K'
with ~ tbs pond cfisp "'tt! sn1rhot, aha q
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