New-York tribune., 1886-11-07

Since q "rcfor1n- Administrations Post ONCE
Department advertised tri-weeky service from
Green River City, this, confidence should nave
been justified BIs s,er nnainS " ssrt oS nt since
June 80, and after testing the adequacy OF the
service by trustful use OF the postomce DoN
for several weeks, no ti-weeky feature ,, was was
that designation to apply to the frantic Efforts OF
the citizens to get mail by scndin: out a courier
OF their own one week who weakly tfled 20 t,SS ga
back the next Even that heroic endcavor failed.
Letters mailed at Ashley seven weeks AGO Tor New
York and other Eastern roints have only been DC
livcrcd within the last few davs and some are
vet unheard from. The mail service at Ashley,
Uintah County, Utah. might be improved
Leaving Ashley to the north Of them the expe-
dition proceeded thirtyfve miles nearly que
south to Ouray. the agency OF the ohc1rnra'tc ,rc
Utes. The agency is milc or so above the the
junction Of White and Green Rivers: and was me
roint at which Green River had TO be crossed by
the exi edition. William A. Mckewen the efl
cient agent in charge. Dr. Cuielle. the medical
attache and Mcsss. Mcdowell and curry OF tlc
store. did all in their ROVER to aid the exredlion
and the assistance and information gained ,lol. ~
them OF the greatest value The crOsslh- OF
Green River with its ouicksanas and rapid cur
rent was a most difficult undertaking. for IL was
too deep to ford But few hour harn %o,m ,,n
accomplished il. and the march was resuhcu up
the north bank Of White River. All this Is on
the Jncomrahgrc Reservation ana Tor weGnS s,, ,s
eXredition was camrcd in the mlcst OF ihult,i1 i,9
as tIVacherous. filthy and degraded as any WIN
animal Of that country. . .,,,o,,o
The working camp was located apout ,Weie
miles east of OuIay where an occasional o " c,
flow of the river providcs some little sustcnahce
for tho horses The country itself is dcsolate IN
the extreme. II has rarely been ex'loleu ; un
white men. and save to the eeol9ssI any S f,i liz
hut inviting The formation and c0lorih. OF 'ne
Rad Ianj buttns ave very wonderful, and they
contain many fossil treasures. But the heal u
intense and as shade is unknown save q, NJ I'LL ,ar
the toll and heat Of cxcavating them can ne mag
inod On the northern slOre OF the llntahs the
NIGHTS were 50 cool that the heat OF the sun was
not much noticed but on White RIVER the nl'hls
were very hot and To add 10 ihe olscohlior, ,
clouds of MOSQUITOES. whose ingenuity ana tacti's
would put the jersey animal I" the hIlsh' ap-
reared rromItlv at snn'own' am ieluseo " VI
driven or eLticed awav before dawn
The camp life was so svscmatizcd that the
work of rrosnectinc for fossils went on rTinidN
and successfullv breakfast was announcer ne,
tween Z and 30 and before Z the blanl<ets nan
bocn mt To air the camp set in order horses
driven in and the start made Tor tne WorkIi,
rlacc The whole country within WclNe-nlIlrr
m 3ius from camp was carefully rrsncctrd. am
men with riclSs chscs and hammers followed INC
Drosreciors; ta;nc out the bones that the later
discovered If nrosncctinr requires some 'enlo'
ical KNOWLEDGE and trained eve so digT'n -o't
rocuircs infinite raticncc an1 care. But the
work of lacking the bones that they may nc
safely TRANSPORTED 10 the Fast IS more 'aNotlo,s
than dqrinrout Iceth ana dcnratG t,cn .,I, in
tissue rancr then in small canvas seeks whlch
arc finally tied ur in runny sacks. In INC case
of larger and heavier b,ncs. thc colI"n Is u,s- '
ulated is not play but real work: ana 10 Eli
anythiny worth hIin inr home AMI ttrn to "ct
il there safely is no ST all un lcr'al< NJ lhlS
same White River country had been eNn9c'
yeals ago by two rrslectOIs sent out ny ~
fcssor Marsh. of Yale. and the results 0i 'ieI %
work are to be seen at NcW-lla cii I'ut 'ho
wears expedition brn-s back to l11ncct"h man, n'IS
more and finer specimens than Professor MA sIi
has of that period and formation ne laircs'
ana most imrortant bones found were OF amy
nodon. an ancestor of the rhinoceros ana some
what aryer than the living rplFsen'a'i\c oi uc
family Nun erous end beautiful taplioh,s-ihe
groun now rcvrcSented by the taI1r-Wcre l"uii'
MANY of them in excellent rrservatloh' an!
small animal believed TO he the ancestor oI tle
borse is also in the collection But inc sc'ii.
tifc value of the eXredtion VIII be accuif'cN
determined when Professors SCOTT ah'
and Curator Hin study and classltV % lnc 'pnos ,I 80
JIoyinr remained on White River until the iro-
visions were exhausted. the eNrcdltoh pioi.c .p
ami started on its return journey WIN us PilIc
in tbe share of e,Inny sacks fun Of fossils weleh-
inc ncrhars 900 pounds In all. Ashlev Was
a~oin looked forward to as the PROMISED and OF
fresh vegetables an1 mail and while IL lnlii,ntn
fhe former the "ti-weclIy farce was SUI IL
nrocrrss as regarrls the latter At i,u III run torr
Wyoming the eXt edition broke up tlc n,c",no,' ,
feeling amuly reraid by the NUMBER a,'I ''t1' 10
acter of the fossils they had founn ann w a W,
srlcnAid vacation they had had LOT any ht
abundance Of heat. MOSQUITOES am ''.',n IN 80, ,
tLov had endured Francis +. Kane ol iIn Il1'c1 ac1
lila took about $50 views OF the country Us ,i
t,,,ouch hit its beauties and gIaIheur as W. ~
oe nonts of political and social in'eleSu IL r
on,;ttod from anv bare account OF whcfc uc cN-
rcdition went and what u olI