Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-06-26
Wednesday Evening, June 26, 1873
NATURES WONDERLAND.

NATURES WONDERLAND.
Sesne Account Of that Marvellous SPOT.
tho National Yellovvstone Park-Acts Of
Wanton vandalisA Comuaittsd there by
Individuals-Major Brisbin's Report 10
the Department ON the subject.
The depredations which have been COM
mttted every summer season for number
Of years past in the National Yello ustone
park have been we'll known, but the parties
Of hunters and visitors who have pei
petrated them have invariably been permit.
ted to 20 scot free. The attention Of the
proper authorities has again been directed
to the subject BY . communication from Maj.
James .. Britbin, Of the Second cavalry,
Who writes to General Terry from Fort Ellis,
Montana, under date Of June s. Every
year a great deal Of damage is done. and
unless some measures are speedily taken to
put stop to the destructive acts Of hunters
and visitors the National park will not long
be worth preserving. Major Brisbin writes
mat nowhere on earth are there such won
ders and game to be found, and it will be a
great shame fthe government permits them
70 be wantonly destroyed. There are now
s~A sAAO POI - SAVuAAuub VI GAAS tu6b Ar0 10
tame that person can ride OF walk about
amongst them. This officer is reliably in.
formed that one hunter has slaughtered q
many as rs of these animals in a single dav.
They are not killed for their meat or skin.
but shot down simply for the pleasure Of
numbering them. Besides the elk there are
many antelope, Rocky mountain big horn
sheep, and bear. Grizzly, cinnamon, brown,
or h1ooL has a,al L.. >e
mountain sheep are to be met with every
day:
dreds Of years in forming, and man
can destroy in = day what cannot be repro
Many of the deposits are white mineral,
nina. Much Of it is arranged in layers Of
BY alternating layers of silicious sinters.
The action Of the waters Of the geysers, and
influence Of weather have induced an irreg-
ular cellular structure, which gives deli
cate and attractive appearance to much of it.
These formations are soft, and can be cut
with saw or broken by hammer, and
huge blocks are cut and broken and carried
away annually. Some Of the most beautiful
troved. and can never he renlaced a,r;na
this or the next generation.
The disnosiiion IN vandalism seemo .,
posstss nearly eyery one who enters the
park. and unless il il checked tho wonder.
land of America must soon cease to he On
object of interest. Major Rrishin has ;nst
had the subject bronoht 10 his mind yerv
wildly nv having heen informed m tho
very dsy on which his communication wss
written that patty of men we're ontfttino
to 20 10 the park and slauehter elk II is
stated thai dnrinp the sumner .rast roonn
persons will yisit ihat beautiful conn,,y
and he expresses the hone thai son,e imma''
dia,e stems be taken to nrevent than IRON from
as visitors have done hitherto
The game and the terraced border Of the
pools or springs should esnecisllv he nroo
iected. All that ia beautiful and marvelous
in nature can be found in the mark There
are two important routes into the mark from
Montana. one from Virginia @ .tv' the other
from BOzeman. a town some fonr m,lea
from Fort Ellis. ~
The entrances to the nark ;tse,f ar. ess.
ily guarded, aud it ia Recommended that a
sergeant and four men be stationed at each
of the above mentioned pateways. These
parties can very readily and easily be sun
piled from Fort Ellis. The non commits
stoned officers should be Instructed 10 send
q soldier with each party of visiturs enter.
ing the park, directing the enlisted man to
note sny damage done. and to renort II. w;th
the names of the persons to his superior.
when the parties return 10 the sntrance 10
the park. These reports Should he forward.
cd to the post commander at Fort Ellis. The
laws of the territories of WYOMING and
Montana are sufficiently severe to deter snv
one from damaging the park, if they knew
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