Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-08-03

But the limits Of letter like this will not
permit description of one.tenth Of these
wonderful springs in detail, or Of the singular
formations they have wrought ON and below
the surface Close by Antonys Gate is Plu.
tos Cave, with a stalactite fringe over ts
mouth belching out volleys of steam so hot
that it is difficult to withstand them. Direct.
ly over it is red, whito and yellow dome call
ed Cleopatra's Bowl, washed by hot streams
from q bubbling spring on it's crest This is
favorite spring for making incrustations A
perfume bottle, wicker covered demiiohn a
bunch of fir cones, horse shoe, or any other
article, suspended in the trckling waters at
the cave mouth will in As hours become coat
cd so as to resemble parian marble. Among
other notable objects are the White Elephant,
colossal formation the Orange Goyser
Spring, the Sulphur Pits, tho Hot Lakes, the
Stalactite Cave, Diana's Baths, the Pulpit
Terraces, the spouting Spring, and the Boil.
ing River This last is a veritabe riy-
or OF scaldng water, six feet wide and five
feet deep, and flowing like mill.race. 1t
runs for 200 yards parallel with the icy stream
OF the Gardiner river and then ompties into
it. Standing on the rocky ridge a dozen feet
wide, which divides the streams one may &C.
tually catch a trout in the one, and, without
changing footprints, swing him into the other
and boil him. The water is so limpd as TO
appear but foot deep, and the green and
sulphurous yellow bottom is mirrored to the
surface Where the banks Of the stream are
low and fiat, they are covered with beautiful
uFagu md pb ,bs ~
low on the messy margin that their roots are
in the scalding water. And yet they do not
withor, either in the water or its steamy va.
por. In 1864 the line of this river was the
scene Of prolonged battle, amounting, in
fact to siege, between the Bannock and
Grow Indians. The breastworks of stones
and trees behind which the beloaguorod Ban.
nocks maintained the fight still mark the
ground on both sides of great fissure in the
rocks, and the bleaching skulls of buffalo and
the immense curved horns of big.horn sheep
show how the hostile forces fed themselves.
few hundred yards further up the river
hot spring gushes from the rocky ombank-
ment and tumbes over the ledge directly into
the Gardiner river The abrupt emnenco on
the opposite bank, which | have before allud-
ed to as Eyarts mountain, is a favorite resort
even now for herds of big horn sheep. This
eminence was not named after the famous
lawyer who was in President Hayes's cabinet,
but after tourist who strayed from his party
here in 1874, and wandered, lost, on the ridge
for 3S days. When found he was, so McCart-
ney the old scout and guide tells me- wreck
of skin and bone, having subsisted almost
wholly on grasshoppers.
This man Mccartney is quite an "institu-
ton in his way He is 40 years old and
halls from Medina, N. Y. He came into Mon
tana and Wyoming over 20 years ago, and
has lived bachelor life in the wilderness. He
is yet young looking, blue.eyed fellow Of
apparently 3G years. He built the first cabin
aud was the first settler in the park. That
original cabin stands yet, in a little gulch at
the foot Of the white terraces. Just beside il.
and only couple of hundred yards from the
hotel, is McCartney's second cabin, at the
doorstep of which, in 1871 German music
teacher named Dietrich was riddled to death
by the bullets of the warning Nez Perces. His
body was buried by Mccartney in the gulch
back of the cabin. Mccartney was away
from home at the time of the attack, but the
retresting Indians met him and his compan
ion, one George Wekert. and killed their
horses. The riders escaped only by scaling
mountain and concealing themselves
Within three weeks, or by August /, this
hitherto silent basin will be the scene of con-
siderable animation. The hotel, which is 4l4
feet long and of handsome appearance. will
be open, and many guests are expected, seve-
raj large excursion parties being already book.
ed to arrive. One of the earliest it is likely,
will be the party in which President Arthur
and Gen. Sheridan are the prominent figures.
After these will come the parties, largely com.
posed Of English, French and German oapi-
talists, members of parliament and journalists,
led by Rufus Hatch and Henry Willard pres
ident Of the Northern Pacific railroad Mr..
Hatch's party will number about so persons
aud Mr.. Wizards about 100