Daily globe., 1883-08-27
SAFE At OLD FAITHFUL
PREFIDENT 4RTHUR ARRIVES 1T
TELLO WSTONE PARK.

arthur secures the MOsG 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,
glistening 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 a days march.
Last night was the coolest we have ex-
perience3, being twenty degrees at a.
NJ, and in the mess tent. water which
had been served out a few moments before
the party sat down for breakfast, formed
q network of ice
Tie trail was very crooked today and
led over mountains covered with pine and
large quantities OF Indian tea, diminUtive
species of green whortleberry. five TO ten
inches high, found only in timber and at
an altitude OF from 800 to 1000 feet. The
Indians are fond OF the tea made from the
dried leaves ard stems OF this plant, and I
have been told by those who have 6rank il
that it ferns pleasant substitute for our
own.
Yesterday we remained at Camp Strong
and It's surroundings are worthy of more,
than passing notice. It WAS surrounded
by mountains clad with evergreen trees of
all sizes, from young seedlings up TO 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, whitcn here possesses all the
attributes OF Il 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
ident 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 fnny 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 105 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 linger 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
Teton, the tolls of the trails over
fallen timbers are lost, forgotten
in a pleasant association of the rest of
the journey. Ths pictures OF Camp Lin
coin, with its banks of snow lying pleas
antly near and slowly melting near the
snow flower trai.s and which had all the
freshness Of eIr!y spring, with their ten
der forget -uUts, Wild a5ters, butter
cups and Columbjas latter with
delicate soarcelE pereeDdble shade Of blue
in its rich white blossom for which
many deem 4 The most beautiful of wild
flowers ii the Rocky mountains. \ car
petinI OF scgrleg and blue and gold, and
added 10 this the white mount ain fax rest
ing close 10 mother earth, ard in sHch pro-
fusion as 10 suggest the idea
that the hand OF nature had grasped
some of the stars and scattered them in
wanton profu5ion 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 trail led looking down on
1t. We also got the first good view of the
royal Tetons Or Iitans 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 eject of the tents made the
immediate surroundings most delightful
Then the Titan basin, as large as the
state of Rhode Island ant
recovered at this season o.
the year with nutricious grasses, profuse il
evidence of being the winter grazing
grounds of antelope, deer and elk. Th,
near future must practically determine it
value for stock purposes. Then jackson
lake, as We saw it, from the crest of higl
bluff on our line of march, gigantic sap
phire, Its surface frette3 and blown int,
white caps by thv winds which swept down
over Mount Moran moaning, lost them
selves in the gloomy forests beyond. Ma
ture, indeed. has given royal setting t.
this point It is twelve miles long ant
three wide, and on the east and north side
are fringe of Quaker ash and willov
brush, and on the west and south spruc
and pine clothing the feet O
the grand Titans, and scramblin,
up their sides until vegetation dies out
Above this are the fssures, chasms, grin
and gray, filed with snow banks, some O
them SOD feet deep and of dazzling white
ness "a the sun.
Yes, the scenery along our route vii
furnish many pleasant memories in year
to come. Enough game has been killed t
satisfy the wants of the party, but to. da
we entered the sacred precincts of tn
park and buffalo and elk can look at u
with perfect safety, for General Sherida
has given orders that nothing shall b
killed. The members of the party are er
joying their usual good health, are com
mencIng, in fact, to realize something
the way of robust strength for the inves
ment made in taking a trip of this kind.
sAFBARRIvA1 AT GOLD FAITHFUL"
UPPER GEYsER BASIN, Aug. 26.--At
O'Clock to-day, after dusty march {
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