Daily globe., 1883-08-27
SAFE At OLD FAITHFUL
PRE- FIDENT 1RTHUR ARRIVES 1T
TELLO FSTONE PIRK.

Arthur Secures the Most in Weight and
Vest Secures the Greatest in Number
The Great Geyser Celebrates in Honor of
the Presidents Arrival and the Lone
Correspondent of the Party also Pro-
credS to Gush.
CAMP LOGAN, YELLOWSTONE PARK, Aug.
"A, via LIVINGSTONE, Aug. 25.-The white
frost was still thick ON the branches of
grass and leaves of shrubs and plants.
ghstenlng IN the morning sunlight like
diamond dust, and the mists and vapors
rested close to the surface of the river. as
the president and party mounted at 7:05
a. m. and started out for days march.
Last night was the coolest we have ex-
perlenced, being twenty degrees at 6 a.
NJ, and in the mess tent. water which
had been served out few moments before
the party sat down for breakfast, formed
network of ice.
Tie trail was very crooked to-day and
led over mountains covered with pine and
large quantities Of Indian tea, q diminCtive
species of green whortleberry, five to ten
inches hIGn, found only in timber and at
an altitude OF from 800 to 1000 feet The
indians are fon0 OF the tea made from the
dried leaves ard stems OF this plant, and I
have oeen told by those who have Grauk it
that It farms e pleasant substitute for our
own.
Yesterday We remained at Camp Strong
and ais surroundings are worthy Of more,
than passing notice. It was surrounded
by mountains clad with evergreen trees of
all sizes, from young seedlings up 70 ma
ture age, scattered singly, grouped in clus-
tiers, or massed into dark forests
Our tents were pc he'd on the banks of
Snake river, whitch here possesses all the
attributes OF first class trout stream.
Here Is pure wafer, ripping over pebbiy
bottoms, with here and there swift cur
rents, eddies, and deep holes. The pres
ldent and Senator Vest, our two most ex-
pert fishermen, made the best of their stay.
and scored the greatest victory yet achiev-
ed over the hnny tribe. At one cast the
president landed three trout, weighing in
the aggregate four andIone-foIrth pounds
and IN each of some six other
casts, he took two fine specimens.
The president secured the greatest weight
and the senator the largest number, the
total weight being los pounds. The sport
is now about over. The largest one caught
weighed 81 pounds.
Looking back over our course from
Fort Washakie, where we first mounted our
horses and abandoned the wheeled vehicles
and took the Indian trail which has led us
through some fertile valleys, across some
bad lands and over rugged mountains,
here many memories ingec pleasantly in
the minds of every member of the party.
The hail storm at Camp Crosby, the dust
which sifted in our tents at Camp
Teto2, the tolls OF the trails over
fallen timbars are lost, forgotten
in pleasant association of the rest of
the Journey. The pictures OF Camp Lin
coin, with its banks of snow lying pleas
antly n5ar an6 slowly melting near The
snow flower trails and which had all the
freshness Of eIr!y spring, with their ten
der force5-nie-nuts, wild a5ters, butter
cups ana Colambjas-the latter with e
delic4te scarcely peree3tib!e shade Of blue
in It's rich White blossom for which
many deem i the most beautiful of wild
flowers ii the Rocky mountains. \ car.
petinE Of sCsreg and biue and gold, and
added 10 this tue white mount ain fax rest
ing close TO mother earth, az in sHch pro-
fusion rs 70 suggest the idea
that the hand OF nature had grasped
some of ths stars and scattered them in
wanton profusion on the grassy slopes Of
his romantic spot.
Camp Arthur was grand beyond the
power of pen to describe, located in a
bend of the Grosventre river,and from the
crest of which 4 trail led looking down on
It, We also got the first good view of the
royal Tetons or Titans as they should be
called, to the west forest of pine and
spruce. Mantling the mountain TO the
south and east, with clay and sand stone
rising high in the sky and of rich red
from its iron coloring masked here and
there by green foliage. The short thick
grass of Little valley furnished splendid
grazing for our animals, and the trout
within twenty 2feet of the tents made the
immediate surroundings most delightful.
Then the Titan basin, as large as the
state of Rhode Island and
recovered at this season of
the year with nutricious grasses, profuse in
evidence of being the winter grazing
grounds of antelope, deer and elk. The
near future must practically determine its
value for stock purposes. Then Jackson's
lake, as We saw if, from the crest of a high
bluff on our line of march, gigantic sap
phire, Its surface frette3 and blown into
white caps by tbs winds which swept down
over Mount Moran moaning, lost them
selves in the gloomy forests beyond Ma
ture, indeed. has given a royal setting to
this point. It is twelve miles long and
three wide, and on the east and north sides
are fringe OF Quaker ash and willow
brush, and on the west and south spruce
and pine clothing the feet OF
the grand Titans, and scrambling
up their sides until vegetation dies out
Above this are the fssures, chasms, grim
and gray, filed with snow banks, some of
them SOD feet deep and of dazzling white
ness ia the sun.
Yes, the scenery along our route will
furnish many pleasant memories in years
to come. Enough game has been killed to
satisfy the wants of the party, but to. day
we entered the sacred precincts of the
park and buffalo and elk can look at us
with perfect safety, for General Sheridan
has given orders that nothing shall be
killed. The members of the party are en-.
joying their usual good health, are COM
mencIng, in fact, to realize something il
the way of robust strength for the invest
ment made in taking trip of this kind.
SAFE ARRIVAL AT GOLD FAITHFUL
UPPER GEYsER BASIN, Aug. 26.---At
O'Clock to-day, after dusty march O