The daily enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1884, 1883-08-28
Drowned in the Park.

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an older man named Parker an uncle
| of the other came to Montana from
Alturas, California. They went to
work for the Hargraves outfit cutting
and driving ties on Boulder and Mis-
sion creeks. This summer they deter
mined to return to Caljfol MA, but there
being some delay about the receipt of
| the balance due them for their work,
/! the two younger men concluded to oc-
| cupy the time they were forced to
await payment, in visiting the Park.
They outfitted with two large Ameri
can saddle horses and 4 smaller pack
animal loaded with articles required
on the trip and left Livingston for the
Park July 3lst. On Sunday last two
men came into town bringing with
them Fogafty and Parker's horses and
outfit and Stated that the men had
been drowned week previous in the
Yellowstone River below the lake.
These men gave their names as
Franklin Bauers and Amos G.. Fisher.
They are western working men who
had come through from Oregon and
were taking a leisurely ride through
the Park. The ir story is that they
first saw Fogarty and Parker at Hell's
Half acre in the Park and afterward
at Upper Geyser basin from whence
the four of them travelled together
for some days or until the drowning
occurred. They went southwark past
ShoshOne lake, Jackson's lake and
other lakes, streams and mountains in
the southern portion Of the Park an d
it'was only after hard work that they
got of this country and reached
the head of the Yellowstone lake.
This they did however and travelled
down the east side Of the lake to the
Yellowstone river some distance below
the lake where they camped the night
before the drowning. The river at
this point has hardly any perceptible
current. the leaves and feathers upon
the surface of the water being hardly
stirred. In the morning the party
consisting Of Fogarty, Parker, Bauers
and Fisher started out to look for a
crossing OF ford by which to reach the
other side of the stream. they could
find no ford, bridge or boat but came
to Il place where the stream seemed to
narrow a little and concluded to at
tempt the crossing. Tie river was
from $50 to 200 feet in width and us
the hard sandy bottom was visible to a
considerable distance out in the stream
they believed it was safe to cross.
Fogarty and Parker plunged in with
their tall horses. Bauers followed
with his cayuse, leaving Fisher upon
the bank sadhling his pony, arranging
the pack. or some such employment.
Bauers says he rode out in the stream
until the water came up on his legs,
and ahead of him were the two men,
apparently going along all right, two
thirds of the way across, with the
water only coming up on their tall
horses about the same distance as on
his smaller animal. though they were
much farther out in the stream. Just
at this point he concluded that the
water was getting too deep for him,
and he turned his horse head toward
shore. and, riding few steps in the
water. stopped to rest his horse and to
consider whether a fording could be
made Il little above, where there was
an island. Just then Fisher from the
bank cried out that, the boys were
drowning; and that one of them had
gone under and the other was just
going. Bauers looked around. but |
Fogarty and Parker had disappeared,
and henever saw them again. Their
horses turned and swan back to the
bank they had left They looked as
if they had been in deep water, us the
saddles were wet on top. Fisher,
who remained upon the hank, heard no
ontcry from the drowning men and
saw them only for. a moment before
they disappeared in the water. The
two survivors then tried to cross, but |
could not. They saw some men on
the other side of the river and told
them of the incident, and previous to
that tried to hail Park hack to tell