The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1883-10-20
THE new NORTH WEST.

opeclal Correspondence.
For 200 years miles along the rich
banks Of the Yellowstone no white man
can be permitted to occupy foot Of this
magnificent country. for it is the Grow
reservation, How long it will be before
civilization crowds the red man away
from these enSied. possessions depends
upon the rapidity Of the settlement Of
the surrounding country, and the nature
of the Government policy, which, always
stupid enough, is getting more and more
SO as the Necessity arises for firm and
consistent course of treatment for the
Indian owners Of these valuable reserva-
tions. Probably no equal extent Of
country in the road domain Of the Un-
ion is more fertile than this single reser-
walton, and the time must be very brief
before the Government will be called up
on the throw this whole region oren to
the ploughshare. From the mouth of
the Big Horn. which gave brief des-
cription OF in my last letter, to this new
an d enierpriaing town, the scenery along
the road is highly picturesque and pleas
ing, The valleys in particular, which,
with their clumps Of cottonwood trees,
remind tie traysler Of the old New Eng
land orchards. while the high and for
midable wall of the buttes that stretch
out to the very horizon, pr sent a pic
ture unparalleled save that of the re.
nowned Yosemite. In these valleys the
hardy pioneer has found his bonanza in
the profitable realization Of his labor, for
60 bushels Of oats, 80 Of wheat, and 800
Of potatoes to the acre on these smooth,
s'oping valley lands, are the common
yield. +. ',' = -..,.@...s
The dwellings of these thrifty yeomau
in the absence Of the saw mill are neces-
sarily humble. These are termed shacks.
for want. probabiy,'of better name. and
they are one.story arrangement whose
primary, secondary. and tertiary founda-
tion comprises cotton. wood logs. with q
roof composed Of more logs, sticks, twigs,
dirt, and sometimes very uncongsnial
mud, which insists upon finding its way
to the floor below during an average
rain storm. Yet some of these shacks
are tidy to degree that dismisses any
idea of necessity of ground foors
plastered walls, or bay-window conserva
tories. Now and then we meet with 9
shanty composed of boards, whose pre-
tentious proprietor had been originally
more favored in his worldly possessionl
than his Shackly neighbors over the way
inasmuch as il must have required 1
moderate fortune to have transported
the lumber as the time OF his settlement
With the processes Of farming there hay'
been introduced the industries Of sheep
raising and cattle herding simultaneous
ly, both of which have proved eminentl,
successful, Billings. with population
of not less than 5000, is the county sea
of Yellowstone county, and a very i'm
portant pointfor both trade and travel
There is nothing about the place that in
Vests it with any particular prominence
except that indomitable energy and en-
terprise OF its citizens, which in tim
will make it one OF the livelitst busines
marts in the Yellowstone valley,
Having ample time took train tn
other day to visit the much famed petti
fed forest, passing by the East Gaidins
river falls. which are sort OF dual Min
nehaha, though the fall is not quite o
high. The:scensry about the falls, how
ever, is grand beyond any power Of min
to describe; aud the surroundings ar
appropriately enough denominate
"Ths Enchanted Land - The petrife
forest consists of a grove or elump 9
trees, with trunks, bouRhs, branches, AN
sprigs all Of absolute solid rock, stand
ing in their gray outline as mementos
of the wonderful operations of nature
Q This forest and the adjacent scenery al
: well worthy of the attention of the traN
: eler and the scientist. Four miles In
= westwardly direction we came to anothC
1 wonderful geological formation found i
: kind OF basin high up on the side {
i HoodoO mountain. This is fat trs'
a Of land surrounded by bills. which ssel
s supported by rocky pillars of slends
J. size intenpersed with huge columns tbs
% appear to have been Constructed by hr
= man hands. Then there are shafts lii
q the Washington Monument as It no
g appears, spires Of every conceivable an