The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-08-30
MS COURAGE Failed HIM.
The Presidents Party.
AT UPPER eEYsER BASIN.

Inc freSluent'S Party.
AT UPPER GEYsER BASIN.
UPPER GEYsER BASIN, Yellow
stone National Park. August "a, via
Livingstone, A. F., August 26.-At l
o'clock to day after dusty march of
twenty-siX miles over rough trail,
the president and party arrived in
Upper Geyser Basin of the national
park and went into camp near old
faithful Geyser, who greeted us,
few moments after dismounting, with
one of his hourly eruptions. All of
us were very tired and hungry. The
exhibition that seemed specially to
greet the chief ma yistrate could in
duce but few of our number to aban-
don their lunch and rush to point
for observing the display. This even
ing was devoted to resting, bathing,
overhauling our outfit, and little at
tention was paid to the geysers be-
yond those in the immediate vicinity
of the camp. All are impressed with
wonder at what surrounds us.
Tomorrow will no doubt prove a
day of interest and pleasure. Of the
curious freaks that nature exhibits in
this section shall say nothing. The
whole park and ali it contains has
been often described. 1 would not IN
dertake to write that which has been
so well pictured by Barlow, Doane
and others. After our ride on horse
back, 230 miles, every member of the
expedition is in the best of health.
Not an accident of the slightest char
acter has occurred on the whole jour
ney to mar the pleasure.
AT CAMP LOGAN.
CAMP LOGAN, Yellowstone Park,
via Livingstone, August 25.-The
white frost was still thick on blades
of grass, and the leaves Of shrubs and
plants were glistening in the morning
sunlight like diamond dust, and the
mistS and vapors rested close to the
surface of the river, as the presiden-
tial party mounted at 6:45 a. m. and
started out for days march. Last
night was the coldesG we have expert
enced, being 20 degrees at a. M, and
in the mess tent water which had
been served for few minutes before
the party sat down for breakfast,
formed network of ice on the inner
surface of the glasses, The trail was
very crooked to-day, and led over a
low range of mountains covered with
pine forest. At intervals we found
open grassy parks. but most of them
were only a few acres in area.
About twelve miles out we came
upon the lower falls of the Lewis or
Lake Fork-a dark gray gorge cut
through solid wall of volcanic rock.
Its sides are nearly perpendicular,
while about 600 feet below Il stream
rushed and, tumbling over its dark
bed of broken rocks, was made white
by its fretting. The upper falls, some
six miles from the lower, we saw at
evergreen trees, the water seeming to
drop from out the dark foliage behind
it like flood of lace. Five miles fur
ther we went into camp in a lovely
park at the north end Of Lewis Lake,
the only spot on the shore line which
is not densely timbered. The cainl
has been named Logan, in honor OF
the senator, who was to have been one
of our party and whose unavoidable
absence we have all regretted. Our
tents look out on this beautiful sheet
of water, the sound of the twirl of
the waves mingling pleasantly with
its twin sister-the sound of the sigh
ing of winds in the trees near by.
Along our line of march to-day we
saw large quantities of Indian tea,
diminutive species Of evergreen
whartleberry, five to ten inches high,
found only in timber and at an alti-
tude from 800 to 10000 feet. The
Indians are fond of tea made from
dried leoves and stems of this plant.
1 have been told by those who have
drank it that it forms pleasant sub
stitute for our own. Yesterday we
remained at Camp Strong and its
surroundings are worthy of more than
passing notice. The grassy bottom is
surrounded by mountains clad with
evergreen trees of all sizes, from
young seedlings up to mature
age, and scattered singly, grouped
in clusters or massed into dark for
eSts. Our tents were pitched on the
bank of Snake river, which here pos
sesses all the attributes of first-class
trout stream, clear, pure water rip
ping over pebbly bottoms, with here
and there swift currents, eddies and
deep holes. The president and Sena-
tor Vest, our two most expert fisher
men, made the best of the stay and
scored the greatest victory yet
achieved over the finny tribe. At one
cast the president tackled three trout,
weighing in the aggregate four and a
half pounds, and each of some other
casts took two fine specimens. The
president secured the greatest
weight, and the senator the
largest number; total weight 105
pounds. The sport is now about over.
The largest one caught weighed three
and one-half pounds. Looking back
over our course from Fort Washable,
where we first mounted our horses,
abandoned the wheel vehicles and
| took the Indian trail, which has led
us through some fertile valleys,
across some bad lands and over rugged
mountains, many memories linger
pleasantly in the minds of every
member of the party. The hail storm
at Camp Crosby, the biggest dust
which sifted in our tents at Camp
Teton and the tolls of the trail are
forgotten in the pleasant associations
of the rest of the journey.
The Exhibition at Music Hall, Gin
cinnati.
CINCINNATI, August 26.-The annu-
al exposition in Music Hall, and the
two buildings connected with it built
expressly for such purposes, begins
| September and continues until Oc-