, 1879-06-26

nolhs or THE GNRAT sunrnnnANHAN coTr1.A-
- J. nNlTI0H,-
ehnrrcd aod tltmbling towers and castles stand.
saa fng IN te n, n!dst Of solitary valley OF nsics,
on i!'e 18Th we turned duo north. leaving
Slaapnia Crnck to uilr Tsar Oh Tho Bol,ttt, and
creased MILK, ghtep, Deer. and sago Creeks,
canning on III hlEl, l,anis, Of the tnttor, Wo
t'o"iI towards thu Chcys1nun. somc good tracts
of GRAZING ground, and n fair supply OF timber
~ raftIes,-oAk, asf, null ra,n,-4l0twl,f1stantl-
ine lhe nrfnl pictures Of tcaotaslnn presented
some huge anl highly Interesting nnmnl los-
b!le.-Onc representing what had bpep bono
eleven md half inches ln tnsnetcr, but ns IL
nad been broken of sliurt. We rould not con.
clFdc Upon It's length. 1rof. Hobbs said, with
an expFeatton Of tir ego knowing enough TO
hnve sptculativoiv anafyzctl the ,tiatcrtal con,-
noh1ng the Eastt'h ycry cetltrc or 10 have given
t'lc Extract percentage Of sal. IN the water COM
Posl!s sa M 5 oenaT IN te 'noo thai 1T probably
i'au bec1l ll.t tibta OF a tnntlo1on.h but linve
nee'1 60 used to autaclu,,s'y eo!ng straight to
my own "actentilc u conclusions Ii, rcgnr1l to
sach mnttcss, regardless ii tie rules hid down
~ !l.c books, TINT, while respected t'le Fro
no means ngrcc with him, md mRdp TN my own
mind, from the character Of some Of illc other
sinpehtuus fossils around us, that the biz bono
belonged to
Az AMrn1n1AN or soME KIND,
thoueh ! sopld not imagine my part Of ples|o-
other OF thu inoHsters Ut illa. class, where /
could stick II without doing violence to The laws
ol comparative anntoniy. Hut coud not 10
inade to bcs!ovo tlat thu renluina Of any OF tho
rcgctarians Of tile infant wor,,! could, by a,,y
possibility, bo scattered around III tint trcnlch-
dotfs aepu!cltrc u tnol!uscs and rcptilnu n,ot,-
Rtfosltics. though was willing to ndtnit tint 1t
seemed as IL 41mplcs ot all the geoioE'c pcrfotIs
iial been iu'nblsu together III tho Batl Lands.
FHr f1}trfn tr.A
VIC aso found or sagc Greek a prttjlcl tor.
toise which measured live feet nnst three Inches
ncrofs thc buck; n,ld nctri!lch fish uf enormous
allnensons,-.aoinc being l!carly wt,tlc, and all
found grcatcr ptoiMson Of f,ssi1s tt,nu OIL ccr
an! sagc creckN Ws nlso found on tilr East
bank OF the Cheyenne, httwccn Sheep mil Dull
Greeks, come good graz!lr anu farming lands,
probable dcmatfts OF future settlement. Tic
general character Of the vegetation wns tu1tca-
tlre OF frequent suumcr-rutns. Crane nEu plum
thickcts abound tlerr.
THE. GlsAnDrsr VIEW
OF The Ba1-La1ul formations Is had from ncor
tlie mouth Of Sage Creek. looking up towards
lis three hcadlnE, branches. It nnv ba de-
scfibrd ns medley Of all The architectural
STYLES, from tr nassye, blunt Doric to tha
ottv.ptnnnrlcl Gothic.
On the It'll We crossed around the bcaf1 Of
Dull Creek nnu turre.l In directly CASTER,
l,ant's on Inc northern side, nn.t mado our
camp on the Middle Fork Of tho Bad River.
al the Wny from lsufl Creek to the I,ad River
We passsd eyer good grazing, eonntry, the
mid tl,ere what wn, ,,n,nuht1ti, ;,s,r w." neIe
farming ttnrts W. mi 81, itmEn.' o w. ,.,. Gnna
aIroatY desiGllatcd. md p'um mil willow
md tilc Ind 'Kye,, No lad l.a,ti eyi<1rncrs
were at hand but thr nnrr tnrn,nt;nn. ".nr' ~,
natn yis 10 tI so,,tnr! mt r o, efs @ IN
lime Is not dtstant when tic con,,trv t@c ,Ic
viii be woi ilJjc. bc,,evc viii I aas
uud it muy l1o prnin-rnisers' II n,,1.n.,s.
iayorally With tho Lower Rnpii vn,Ic~ wv v,
found Tic sites OF old Inl,uu can,ps. hit con.
cl,idca NO were ,thc first whites who lid passcd
through t,,ut section. WV 49," f"7'ea
On tilc Nth We moved fifteen tofcs f7,,r, tho
rnI River. Tim Mi raa tci,r "n,.oso, ,,, ~
bufiaoerass NM, bue;;nt t ma !. e1r,s' orat,,. M
r4ci, mud stroug, with timber contnnu,,sr hof.
lie wnter-yoilnc fa smnIf. Ihn Tatnr T. nri, ~.
tncrahe: It hns souo niko1i in + IN, ~ ~ %"
mucl, as to make II unit for ,!t,,nrst,c nrnoses
tJuod water could ,,robably be- ,,ftninc,s IL H..
cling. We mada camp tn n beautiful valley. In
the midst Of n sea Of new grasses Und sprlns-
t's backe'onoa @ n!led IN With lovely
Er0yes, glorylnE In the splcHdor Of first lcutacc.
Wi!t irrigation be necessary hcrc3 II 60, then
this sectioi, 80 bright ma glowing with natural
wealth tn The early spring. Will be burnt up and
fcA1A ~ toNGn0iAtitHi ~. Au1 HGIALH III advancing
summer, Ans', unt!l different climatic conditions
succeed the PRESENT, Will
NEyEn ANSWER TI1E HIGHER ruxpouEs or ciy-
IfizArioN,-
.r,,, on,v hc .ynt1oh,e ror no,no1tc eto,,,
mt hol,,.ve The wl,nIe of Snnthwe.t sr,, n,t.t
hns hcrr nrrnnrrnsjr ninccd r. th', 4 gnnh"a nas
jsc1t Nthnt ottcis, ,nn,sturs vii ,,t ~ ,'s,
rsvnry for c,r,tvn;inn IN n,'v ~ iasa to.. ~
"vs - ny ~ '"@'' 's't''o fa''
IN the ntst Y ~ croacct, ov.r L., , ss;;,,,.,,
,v .ijrrntlnn f,o, I'm Mii5in tx. % 49,.
ors of tI lid Riv,rMths fnscrso',, inv soMth .
~ hcinr vol c,a..e1 ~ a." .<,,i,.,sH ,i,H euun
III +nntsr. "nt, nf,,,,iinr - s,hs;,4 G p!n.tae
ea"tIa ~ ans oSnnn' m, eornn Io.. ~, of .! .nou
I,v IF r ~ fS;,nnr, I nr ,,,,,u.1 VET w Nneu
rstria. IL Xxi 1:na a VT h,1 t'no . nuaiosF ot
snmti, 1;nri' r-s". ,'ionsn o - % .th W lug
,n,,'n oh'non1 ~, t;eo' p,tsf ~, y. .ue., Nu
H. 's 'A' '-s "".'' ""e ei''y to'cla-
", r., ,,o OIL ~. ,,,o+t o,,.,o., H.. ,..,.
~ 1rn, ~ - ums s"n.n pass
1 ,oe,n - .,t ~ Xxx W. p'su s,' 1 anu
Asr"m'I, sot,a ~ ~ iho ht1n, ~ ts NY MeG Vcr.
fo,nI tl!sn, nou ,ox".aH ,vit an , EoIes; We
bunch or .buiYnfo rrnss, fntprsncrscd Eiti' srot.
tcring cactus. plants.
NounT4,v.snrpp
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,au .',.,. - "a LIE fonse OF which
uuhGu ulon ~ An uua<eh3 aa u tucy Haa never