Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1884, 1881-10-28
BISMARCK D. Z, FRIDAY. OCTOBER 28 1881.

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hot water, ten or twelve feet in diameter,
shooting up several hundred feet. One
must see these sights to enjoy them.
| Directly across the river from our
camp is located the Bee Hive geyser. At
Up. m. the following day We witnessed
| it's performance. The Bee Hive does not
made any demonstration previous to
spouting, for suddenly
COLUMN OF WATER
SIX feet in diameter is thrown two to
three hundred feet, and held up for five
or ten minutes, We enjoyed the Bee
Hive fully as much as any. The col
umn of water is unbreken resembling :
mammoth fountain Immediately after
one can look down the cone for fifty feet
below the surface. It gradually fills with
water until the crisis. The Castle, Giant
and Giantess, Gretto, Fan, Riverside,
Comet and Lioness are all powerful gey-
sors, but of course, perform similar 10 the
rest. Old Faithful is remarkable for it's
regularity The others seem somewhat
regular but at longer intervals. We WIS.,
tied Queens Laundry, spring of soft
hot water, Which is all thename implies.
The geyser water is very hard and unfit
for washing. The Paint Pot is large
bubbling pond Of all colored mud situated
in the lower geyser basin. There are
thousand curiosities in the geyser basins.
but one tires before visiting them all.
Tourists from all parts Of the world visit
this region, and declare it to be the most
remarkable place in existence. Iceland
has geyser, but no country has the num-
ber found in the Yellowstone national
park. We left the geysers 1egretting our
stay so limited. H
YELLOWSTONE LAKE,
thirty-two miles to the east, we next
visited This lake is remarkable for its
altitude, 5000 feet above sea level, being
the largest body OF wafer at that height.
The lake has fine gravel shore, IS dotted
with islands and filled with the famous
| Yellowstone trout. For two days we
camped on the banks of the lake enjoy
ing fishing and hunting, as ducks and
geese are very numerous: From the
lake we went to the falls and canyon,
eighteen miles down the river. The up
per falls 1870 feet, were visited first One
mile below IS the lower falls, $50 feet, un-
doubtedly the most picturesque place in
the west. Ten miles below is the Grand
Canyon Standing as we did on Point
Lookout viewing the fail 10 our left and
beneath us, while the river looked like
silver thread rushing madly along,words
cannot express our " teellngs.
Of all grand places this
canyon excslls. The depth of the
the canyon will avarage 1900 feet The
walls are composed of rock chiefly, and of
every imaginable color. When lit up by
the suns rays the scene is charming. Mid
way down the north side is a pinacle some
200 feet hi gh. Its top containssan eagles
nest, which has been inhabited yearly
since first discovered. Several Of our
party attempted to reach the bottom OF
the canyon. They descended about one
half the way, when perpendicular wall
500 or 600 feet prevented further travel.
| AHAPPY MEETING.
During the second day we were at the
falls another party came and joined our
camp. Among them wa' a photographer,
whose card announced him as the official
photographer OF the North Pacific rail
road, Mr.. F. Jay Haynes, Of Fargo, D. T.
We learned from Mr.. Haynes that he was
direct from the geyser basin, having made
many fine pictures of that wonderful
place Desiring to be immortalized and
preforring the Grand canyon to any place
in the park, I consented to assist Mr..
Haynes while 2hotographlng the canyon,
and improved the opportunity by striking g
an attitude before the machine. For two
day. we tramped up and down the can
yon, observing it from every artistic
point The day we intended to break
a raging northwestern snow storm COM
menced. Not wishing to travel in
storm, we decided to remain The storm
continued three days, and about ten
inches of snow fell, followed
by very cold weather. The thermometer
indicated four degrees below zero. At
this altitude, $1,000 feet,) a snow storm in
September is frequent occurrence.
When we reached Tower Falls some
eighteen miles below the Great Falls, the