Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-06-10

Strange Region OF the ms"Vsises
Terres, called Also Pyramid fhTk.
PAiladeipAia Times Latter.
FoRT KEOGu. NJ. r.. June 1.-SOme Of
+bo s+,a,,,.st ana ,,,,,st i,to,...tir,, ..onos
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"u Tue Nol' N"iei''"" eou,'' 'u' 60
be found IN tho Wonueriul baH Lah"9 o.
Dakota. l question whether the maryels
of the Yellowstone National PARK are
,,,,,1 d,t,.., &, ara. MOT sunerinr.
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70 lhe NoHu'r7 Oh '"'' i''N"., ~ -
peculiar butte formations. Here lor ages
past the mighty forces Of water and
fires tierceN battling have wrought a
scene of strange CONFUSION. This chaos
of buttes as t.uriou. and fantastic in form.
SO beautiful aud varied Ia color, lies al
most entirely la Dakota near the boundary
line Of Montana, 0u both sides Of the Little
Missouri river, which flows through it,
from south TO north. The district is about
twenty-five miles Wide from east TO west.
hut has length in the Opposite direction
of nearly three times It's width. The early
French ''yoy ageurse,' who came into the
country during the last century on hunt
ing or trapping expeditions 20 trade WIN
the natives for iurs, pelts and skins, de-
scrbed tue region rs "mauNalses terret.
With Our happy-go-lucky carelessness
Americans translated this to mean Bad
Lands, ard the Northern Pacific hai-
road company nave since named II
pyramid fArk. Inc name "bad Lands
Is certainly mlsuomer, Tor pyramid
Park IS really one OF the most fertile spots
in the Northwest, and was at one time
Lhe home OF thousands OF buffalo ana other
herblv0rous game animals. mere IS
legend OF the Bad Lands told by hed
BIRD, an ola chlel OF the Mahdah INDIANS
(whose tribe, II is said, Afterwards liVeu
among the pile oil Wonderlul buties com
posing ms section j. when mas peeh
handed down from chlel 10 chlti, lnul
we ind IL to-day part OF the uhWrlten
history OF THIS once powerful ana great
nation.
THE LEGEND
"Many hundred years ago what is now
the Bad Lands was high plain or table
land, covered with rich pastures and for
ests Astounding in all kind of game. They
were the favorite hunting grounds Of all
the tribes who annually came to partici-
pate in the chase and procure the winter
supply of meat--the calumet grounds
acre all could meet in common, and the
D."od-hatchet was buried as IN the famous
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HISTORY IN STONE
There IS little doubt but that the Bad
Lands were. IN remote ages, the bed OF 1
some great lake or pond that covered the
country for miles round about, for among
the fossil remains are oysters, clans and
crustaceans. Before or afterwards "a
stately forest grew in the bed On this lake.
Mammoth tree trunks turned 10 stone
crop out from the sides ot the congiom-
crate mounds and appear all throJgh
theValleys. Petrifactions are TO be found
on all sides that are susceptible of finer
polish than marble, while others have the
appearance OF being made OF heavy
yellowlsh clay Some hunters tell story
OF finding IN the depths of the Bad Lands
an uneXpiored canyon, upon riding INTO
Wu .sa sley saw =" Pla'lIe uos Nulage auu
a. Sne ,uoueh vi Saon inounu one ol tae
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s uoso nau Zen e'iuen'iI AIlieu at tue
SAINT SAINT llonle S, ol eoile uDe Io"n power
agSS,s eso anu tueu lelIlneu' Stranger
stlh' the hunters louhu ecattereu among
ono VS. aIu III 'nG s"lno conulllon lne
O '',' anu any. shaAes WHICH are Known 70
Sn M 'ueii noiliS.
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i i.nli' "Iv AiaIN elous' oighs ol peIIliac-
tions eau ne seen houts p-lote reaching
! Ine "ouuei Iui place. neh Ile rough
I"nHs oesln - pleah away rom the