Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-09-03
GALLANT PHIL SHERIDAN.

8 The Famous Ride II sdiviv US There Wa
no Good. Broad, High WY leading Dow
This Time. But He Went Just the Sam
"A Summer Jauae TO the Rockies an
: Beyond-D accent of sn u aexpiOred au,
Dsoe~rats Psss-Johu Mccullough
shar-r,a the joys and dships OF h.
-.
Tie 'i-;.J rain ON the Northern Pacific rail
. way ar led Oh line yesterday afternoon, hav
lug a Ia iri three extra coaches whicl
held HE 10 wing distinguished party OF. gen
tien@y:
Gen. - Sheridan, Ger. Auson Stager
Gen. W. E. Strong, ~. J. +. Gregory
Col. NJ. V. Sheriff., 'S.a D. Sacket
Capt. W. P. Clark, Or. tarwood, Mr.. H. R
Bishop, the railway msgnate OF New York
and John Mccullough, The actor.
The party got OF the cars and stroIled into
union depot to stretch their limbs apc
look at the building. They all expressed sd
Iniratlon for the handsome structure, which
most of them viewed for the first
time lime they were oily looking band,
! and had ii not been for
their boards, they might have been taken for
a group OF noble red neD. SO bronzed and
ierocious had they grown in appearance since
leaving Chicago on Aug. LIST. FOR the wilds of
the West. MIR. John Mccullough labored
under The disability of q beard, which will be
shaved off before be appears at the Opera
house The tragediap, in company
geon Farwoon. were driven TO the
metropolitan hotel. Gen. Sheridan and The
rest OF the band remained or the cars till the
| departure of the Omaha train at S4j, which
hauled them away 10 Chicago.
1t has been the custom with Gen. Sheridan
To make yearly exploring tours to the Rocky
| mountains, and this season he determined
upon course never tried before The pai ~.
whose names are given, were Invited
TO accompany him, and the dining, Sleeping
and baggage ca were placed at his disposal
by Mr.. Bishop. Secretary of War Robert
Lincoln was also lnvi ed to go along, bnt the
non adjournment OF congress detained h.rn at
Washington city.
General Sheridan and party Travelled over th
Union Pacific railway 10 Green river, where
they took ambul.nces and iourp.ytd
i57 miles IN srnbulances and relays to Fort
washable. Al this point they look a pack
train, one of The finest outfits that ever
roamed the West, consisting OF 2S3 horses,
mules and Indian ponies, and 123 persons, in
GLIDING troop &C." of the Second cavalry,
under Capt Wheeler. as an escort, and 1--WE
Indian guides and hunters. The celebrate
shoshoue Dick was chief of the guides
from Fort Washakie they mevcd seventy
seven miles TO the forks Of Wind river, and
then struck across in westerly direction 10
the WIND river mountains, hya pass which no
mortal foot had eve. traVeled before This |
new pess OF Gen Shsridans lies mid Way be- |
tween Togwotee Pass and Union Pass, md was |
by Gen. Phil named Lincoln Pass. in nonor of |
the secretary Of war.
Tue exploring party proceeded by the new |
tra1l down The mountains to Grus Vtntre |
creek, " hch they followed to near the Juno
r Ar1..l -n
they could zee the three great Tetons with
tneir shining white peaks piercing to heaveh
ney Then struck across 10 SDake river and |
followed up the serpentine wludings of the
stream Tor Three days u,arch, passing Jaca-
sons lake, magnificent sheet of limpid water
layirg the feet Of the Teton range.
Tray cling was rendered exceedingly toll |
some ty PROSTATE timber, TO clear away
which men had to be rent ahead before tbs
tram could make any progress. The trail
was al Times rocky, at other times marsby
an0 presented every phase Of ruggedness
The up.er Geystr basin was reached Au-
gust 20, and the explorers paused for Couple
0t days IL rest. and examine the boiling
springs and infinite variety of wonders pre
renled by the vicinity.
On August 22i they started for the falls of
he Yellowstone, and passed through tie
middle and lower Geyser basins; thence To
5aronettS brijge across the Yellowstone
nyel; thence To Cook City, the great mining
ooint on tbs summit of The Great Divide, ~
Dg t, the east Of the Yellowstone, and thence
round to Index peak, on the north fork of
G!ark's Fork.
Gen Sheridan was determined to pass over
ND beyond Bear Tooth range. An army off,
er with squad of men had once made an
nefieetual attempt to get down the western
lope OF this range, and had hopelessly wan
ered about 10 ih- mountains for days before
the project as hopeless. This did
lot deter the indomitsble Sheridan. He pro.
ured the services OF a hunter named
ieorge Geer al Cook City, and
started with his whole caravan on the SEEM
ngly hopeless venture
George Geer lei the train from Index Peak
cross The north fox Of C'ark's Fork, and
men up tue mountains 10 the summit, 1850
Get above the level OF the sea. The noun
ans reached higher, but this was The height ,
u HE 20 ut where the descent began. Then |
anne the tug Of the expedition Down. .
own, down, rs the descriptive writers say !
)oWn, down, down. for g distance of 5000
eet over sticks and stones, through the SAND,
through the chalk, through the clay, through
he mold, down to Little Rocky creek, where
ne excurslonists camped. The most precipit-
us and difficult portion of the itrail was
within distance of 1000 feet to the first
ench. Although full of danger the descent
as made with perfect success, and without
1Juiy to single Pack. By avoiding the
raVeled trail the journey was shortened forty
We miles, and feeling OF supreme pride aud |
atlsfaction buoyed the travellers for the re- ,
,ainder of the march.
From Little Rocky creek they passed around
D Ciark's Fork, aud down Clark's Fork TO
'ocky Fork; thence to the western terminus
I The Northern Pacific railway, twelve miles
ty"nd Billings, where they arrived August 6
|, t"enty- tive days after leaving Fort Wash 7
kie. The command marched 4a2 miles in
"enty-three days, if two days are deducted &
Or the stopover which is az average of
ineteen miles day, through as rough a f
Dunlry as there is on earth. The longest :
'arch made in any one day was thirty.oLe
lilies.
During the pilgrimage the company saw
he finest scenery in America, made up of e!e- a
Rted lakes, water falls. glacial formations. |
low fields and woody wlidernesses. The
atty enjoyed, while en route, some grand
port IN killing bar. elk, mountain sheep, :;
lack and white tailed deer, antelope, buffalo,
lge chickens, grouse aad ducks. Over &, 600 |
out were caught in the streams, all Of which e
Re aoundsntiy stocked with fish. The party &
asted on the finest game and fish during the 7
,tire march
On reaching St. Paul Gen w. E Strong, in /
.half OF the com pany, rendered tribute to {
ohn Mccullough and Gen Stager, who had
zen the life of the party with their redus. =