Daily Republican., 1886-09-20
THE NATIONAL PARK.
loOECLUsION OF ADJUTANT KINGS
LETTER.

LETTER.
"Faithful 0eysor" Throwing Volumes
OF Hot Water 200 Feet High-Caughs |
In . HsiI Storm In the MUuntains-Aj
Dangerous Climb.
The letter Of Mr.. Kings, the com
mencement of which was published in |
Saturdays REPUBLICAN, coscludes as |
follows: Near by is Castle Well; 1t 10 |
about 20 feot scroes and is verv dark. |
We camped for the night near this
place and washed ourselves at the we'll |
In the morning, but rs 1t was pretty hot
we had TO be careful how We used 1t
We saw "Old Faithful Geyser" 20 off
the night before, and also In the morn
ing. AS soon as we had finit he'd our
breakfast on the morning of Septemb ber
LIST, we started to "Old Faithful;" he 10
great favorite with every one, as he
does not keep people waiting to see him
/ in all his glory; he goes off once every
hour, and we were 81 his feet and saw
him at O'Clock send up great volum Cd
Of hot wster 200 feet high. 1t lasted
just four and three quarter minutes,
and was q grand sight never to be for
gotten. We afterwards went to the
mouth and looked down into the crater.
After visiting the beehive, giant,
gtantess, lion, lloness and their two
cubs, which, true to their names, kept
up q continual growing, we viewed q
great many others too numerous to
mention. We went to the great
"Pountain Geyser" but with number
of others, had to wait fully an hour be-
fore 1t began to play, but when 1t did
we were well paid for waiting, as 1t did
Its work in earnest and sent thousands
Of gallons OF boiling water rs feet up in
the air, continuing it for fully ten mil-
utes; 1t was beautiful sight, but
grand aud terrible. 1t seems wonder.
full where all the hot water comes from
land yet there is another hot geyser
about one hundred yards from this that
Throws hot water fully 80 feet high al.
most continually. The water from this
geyser looks like spray, and when the
sun Is shining 1t makes one of the most
beautiful sights imaginable, as it forms
Q multitude Of handsome rain bows. I
} have thought that these geysers are the
most intert sting things that l have
8 seen during my trip, but when l think
D Of the many other things have seen IL
? this wonderland, don't really know
which is the best or the most interest
!. ling. After fessting our eyes on the
, many novel sights in this region W,
/, started on our journey and oampet
0 Il Just awhile before dark in q nice litrl,
. grove near the foot Of q high mountain
ci By camping ut this place we savet
an eight miles ride over the mountain
= after dark. We started again early OF
9 the morning Of September 2, and passe'
I"Mary's Lake" In the mountains at al
i Ielevation of 8, 1925 feet; we then com
I. lmenced to descend, and while doing g
i Icame aoIosd what is termed "The Stinl
b Potts." aud If they derive their name
s from the smell they throw out 1t is n
, Imisnoner, l have nothing against tn
4 Iname, and the pots themselves ar
1t wonderful. We also passed the "Sul
'e phur Sarings" and "Lake," wher
There are bushels of pure brimston
Lying around. There seems to be a
Immense steam engine at work unde
tground in this vicinity, which can
heard very plainly. The engine itse
d is invisible, but the steam can be see
as IL pnffs up from the various opening
in the ground. When at this place It
not hard to imagine that you are prett
near the Internal regions, as the sme
of brimstone is almost suffocating. W
stopped at Trout creek for dinner, an
after catching nice mess OF trout ha
@ them served up for that meal and foun
=, them delicious After dinner we star
:. ed off again and Travelled about an hou
= when we were overtaken by mountsi
- storm which came upon us very suddel
'el ly.
We dismcunted in hurry, and aft
e. unpacking and gathering every thing
heap spread the tent owe: US, usin
,.r our heads AID hands as polls, their b,
th ing no trees near us. We had just e.
dxed when the storm burst upon US
all its fury, and after pouring rain Il
lawhile 1t began to get very cc!d. II
or rain soon changed to hail, and covsrt
Id the ground with hailstones the s!ze
as peas; it contir u ed to storm for st La
o. an hour, and by that time our tent wi
he wet through, and 80 were we, and '
re came to the conclusion that we mig
re 4s we'll m AXE another start, 80 we saC
to died up and went on our way rejoicing
zee On the way we saw large wolf, al
nd after a while came to "Solphur Moul
ls' TAIN" and although 1t was still rainir
1--we dismoupted and paid 1t and Snlph'
Basin visit. This mountain is vel
high, and almost covered with sulphu
st, land | came to the conclusion that
" Ill u5b Dc oIu ~ tCh oOEO hOub6s IL
tb basin is a terrible hole, and we did n,
ar remain there long, because the SINE
which arises from 1t is almost suffoca
ing. AS it YVES drawing en- TOWARD
night and we wished to get where thel
er Was wood, water and grass, we starte
D. on a hunt for such place. We passs
ge several different hot springs and fordt
"Alum Creek" after which we campo
for the night.
Ii stopped raining about this tin
II. and we wenl to work in earnest to dr
"a. Yourselves and blankets. We built a b
f fire, which made us feel very comfort
bic, aud had an excellent nights res
The next morning we started off to IL
Yellowstone river, passing several a
er fractions on the way. The "Uppt
q Falls" are 113 feet high, and we had
m fine view of them at the place whe
Cascade creek and falls empty into u
Yellowstone river. "Crystal Falls" ca
also be seen from this place, and take
,.s Ialtogether it Ia one OF the hand some
40 Ispots we had visited, as there Is ever!
= thing to make it beautiful. Here is u
~ catarac:, and below are the rapid
while near by is the "Devil's Slide
in fact wonders Of all kinds can
seen on every hand. We LED our hors
~ up and down hills, some of which we
10 very rough and over foot bridges unit
Fs' we came to where ws could leave the
in q safe place. We then walked dow
the mountain to and past the rapid
Until we arrived a. the great "Falls
ne the Yellowstone;' 1t is 80 feet wit
NJ where 1t Jumps off the solid rocks, al
leaps $50 feet, gracefully and grand
1.-THE bottom of the beautiful Yellowstol
re lGrand Canyon, amid fountains
u of spray and clouds of mist, whi,
on Uash tho sidaa of the capuou and non