Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1877-03-08
YELLOWSTONE FIELD NOTES.
By j. V. BOGERT.
No. Nv.

'ee miles below Fort Pease, and aeai
n'e miles below upon the Yellowstone q,
ueep ravlnes which serve as imnor,a,
Water channels from he hills to tho nor,
ne valley between the two is broad an
fertile with dense cottonwood near n
river -
lhe steep sandstone bluffs to the nor,
oecome gra 'ually Of easier ascent. Will
upon tue opposite side the broken hills
covered with scrub pine. b"gin to r.ced
from The river. Travelling seven mil.
'he road turns to the left an! asc.nd> n,
bluffs. upon the top of y h,ch SIR, tch,.
III EXTENSIVE plateau Due eas, is a prom
'ne' t pointed butte. TO which l gave IL
name
CAYoTTE BUTTE"
Ii stands upOn the cast side of the Grca
forcuplne near the poin; of its enlranc
INTO the Yellowstone valley. From til
pl'teau the course of the river We've,
from great distance is seen to be littl
north Of tasr. The soil Of the plat. gu j
gravel with poor grass.
FROZEN TO DEATH CREEK,
$50 named from the death from cold nea
it of two Crows), is II miles from For
Pease. II has little water; Il narrow bot
tom with some timber. Bad lands ext. n,
upon each side producing large crop Of
mostly muscle. fossils
Beyond this cre' the valley incrca .e.
in wid'h 10 3 milcs-yras> poor. Sever
miles farther The march is changed TO the
hills, dry creek is crossed, its bank.
formed Of fossihferous sandstone. arG
Tires miles below high aad extensive
plateau is gained.
From bere," says McClcrrand, "au
extensive view is had In every direction
stretches an elevated country, broken here
and there by sandstone bluffs and burt-s
occasionally by small bottom on the
Yellowstone, and a. times by the r!y. !
itself. In the stream numerous islands.
heavily wooded, now begin to appear"
THE GREAT PoRCUPINE
is crossed 2l.97 mih S from Fort p. ase
At this point the valley is broad AMI fer
tile, growing dense timber along The riv. r.
MITCH BoUYER SPRING
supplies gooi camp ground 80 81 miles
from Fort Pease. Heie the ci,clins bluffs
cause return to The hills. "rLe cut up
banks Indicate svcr dr.f, periods (of
yrav''U covering the county from two to
i've feet G.ep."
LITTLE PORCUPINE
s next rerch hcL. The Yellowstone vale,
5 here Two ,nilcs wi,ie, skirted on tht
'orlh by sandstone bluffs, having fiat tops.
which Caused Lewis ard Clarke to cali
his creek Table Creek The sa, dstone
;clma'i,sn everywh. re exists 10 this sec
layers always HORIZONTAL
AT the time the comman passed, the
Little Porcupine was 30 feet wide and Is
nch' deep Moving down the larger
'alley located upon the lower side Of this
stream, and which extends to the Rose
)ud, il is found to be lhr. csiles wide and
to irrigation, which would re-
ult in fine crops. Across the Yellow
tone, which is skirted by heavy timber
n direction II . east, stand the
''BlG wGLF MOUNTAINS
"A bunch of low 'andsiOLe peaks. Still
arlher to the esst can be seen lue of
broken hills lying thus side of Tvrg,.e1
slv.r.
After passing a point ~ miles below
he mouth of the Rosebud, the command
here found the Yellowstone 2 feet de pl
mo $50 yards wide. A deep ravine 81
niles farther down was bridged by the
roops. Seven miles lower down the val
ey is formulated by
THE STEEP HILL.
This hill,' says McCIernsnd, ''is but 275
long, but IS SO covered with Loose
ravel. ard is SO steep, that our train con-
umed three hour il ITS ascent From its
Di', rough barren hills Can be seen ex-
ending for m':es to tie 10Th"
Descending along small creek Ignite
3 fOunn cropping out between layers Of
ands'one. Five and sixty-rine one-hun-
rrdtbs miles ai,hcr and the Yellowstone
nd lis valley are again reached. Here
ound sag. brush bottom and heavy tim
er. the COTTONWOOD growth sk'r:i"g the
anks DO, up and down. ''At this point
b. ground is covered with c.ctus-the
argest | have ever seen. The valley Is
ere Is to IA miles in K ltngth by in width,
nd il irrigated. as it could be from the
iver, would produce fine grass"
DRY CREEK,
= miles below, is next crossed. A short
istance beyond it the road ascends the
tufts to a splendid plateau. Here, and
0 far exceptionally with plateau grass
be growth is very fine. the soil black
ich and stOneless, and the elevation
tretching for miles to the north is &C last
erminated by a rough divide.
TONGUE RIVER,
ntering the Y. iIowstone from the oppo-
it. side, flows through large, fertile
nd heavily timbered valley. "Our eie-
s,ed position, says McCierasnd, zen.
bles US to look up the river about twelve
lilies, when it turns to the south west.
fter which it is hidden by hills looking
,uph aud barren. To The east the very 1
roken divide this siGe of Powder River
plainly in yiew."
sUNDAY CREEK,
ext crossed 2.69 miles below, tae well I
rassed and partially limb red bottom
{ l to mile wide. Passing down this (
reek miles, low pass is crossed, when ,