The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1886-08-05
Five Days in Yellowstone Park.


dollars for "a five days ticket" which ticket
was to cover all transportation and hotel eN-
pcnSc> for five days in the National Park, re-
turning us at the end of that time TO Living
stone. Our route lay directly up the beautiful
valley of the Yellowstone River. branch
railroad has been constructed by the Northern
Pacific to Cnabar, distance of fifty miles
from Livingstone. It WAS Two o'clock on a
beautiful june afternoon, when we babe fare
well to the main line of railway and started
forth from Livingstone 10 Cinabar. On our
left was the Yellowstone River. which is of it
self quite curiosity, from the fact that it is
not nearly as large at this point as il is when it
pours from the Yellowstone Lake many miles
| above. Whether the water escapes from the
rivers bed by some unseen channel, or is Worn
away by the daShing% upon the rocks, the de
poncnt doth not say. The valley through which
we rode was some four or five miles wide, rich
i'll it, agricultural resources and beautiful in
it, appearance; il hI, been most appropriately
named by some, Paradise Valley" ThonS-
and, of horse, ami cattle sleek and fit were
nbhing the sweet green grass It's our train
passed by. On our left, far up and beyond the
river lowered a range Of mountains, their peaks
covered with a mantle Of eternal lee while the
canyons between thcm contained huge drifts of
SNOW. Om our right WAS another range of
hills, bald. rugged, and GrowninS upon Us. as if
they considered our visit an invasion Of their
sacred ,ccu>ion.
Cinaha WAS soon reached. where We cX-
changed the railway car for The famous west
ern coach. Ii WAS our good fortune to fall into
the hands OF "Charlcy," il ar&c-Siznd, full
bearded man. who from an OK 9erence of thirty
years staging in the "rrat West. thoroughly
understands all the mysteries of the business
He handled the ribbons over his six horses in a
manner 80 skiIIfu that found myself almost
cnNNing his ability. | sat on the box beside
him, and was shown many of the points of inter-
est Before the stage left Cinabar, Charley re-
marked, "'lhere i the Devils Slide" | look
ed away up to the right not far from where
''Electrir Peak looked down upon lis from its
attitude of / 900 feet. and there | saw two
wall, of stone extending down the side OF Il
mountain, running parallel with each other for
distance Of nearly a mile. These walls We're
some twenty feet !hick. with smooth. pprpen-
,licuIar sides. and rose to a height varying from
scyenty-tiNe to two hundred feet. The space
between these massive wall, WAS SOME thirty
rods wide, and it was down this steep. smooth
avenue. il is supposed. Il infer from the name)
that his Satanic Magc>tv once INDUCED in the
sport of roaSting.
From Livingstone We .journcyed due south.
little town Of Gnr,Iir,.r named ,,r,..unnn
from +I (,gr'linrr rilnr with har. i;,s th
YELLOWSTONE Nrar tbis town We ,rIs.,.A it,
northern line and entered the great Yellowstone
Park. Some facts in relation 10 this now fa-
The YcIIowstoun Park i. situ.tni il, tI,n mi,Ist
Of tho most nIry,tnJ n,rt az M, pnrl,v Nn,,rt.
aims whose oi,eanti, nr,ks firm = ,,,i,cbtN r,,n
part around if. The stream, of water which
ilow throI,rl, fin. park nrr lin. b,,,Jv.,tnrs of
tho Missouri fnlunlia and Colorado pivorS
The trrritnry yyhi,h II rI,hrarfs y,,. t,En,
from western N-vn,,i,,, southern Nurtnn.
and ,a.tnr, Il.,,n IN. n1t,,,t i Mis-
in length from north to south. This was set
.,l,.,r1 H., tor,,n>. il, lS-1 a. a Nntiuu.l purI,
Thp lowest elevation within fine p,rL i. q 00o
feet above thr sen level while thr Li~hrSt nraL.
rance, from q 000 to - oO0 frrt hi.,h Within
the Park ,hn uirbts are cool md snllo,n frnn
from frost. During thc summer the day> ,rr
dcljrhtfui. and rspeeioIIv admitted to the ,,lnas-
urc-seeker. The Government permitS no came
10 he killed within thr limits of tLr Park. If
tLi> law continues TO be Faithfully enforced. il
will he hut a few wears before bun:IIo rIIl
deer and other cane will fill IFS forests to aver
tlowiu~. 4 small cor,s Of comnrteut otficiaiS
are looking after thc interests of the Govern
meut .,npronriutions of money (which Inn f,r
have been far TOO ,malI} which have been made
hy CONGRESS- ia construct ro,Is and make N I,nr
iInnroyemcnts within the park If wn,lJ be
an act of wisdom for Congress 10 immcliotc,y
cxpeud half a million of dollar. in these 1nucI-
needed iinnrnyrInruIS 'rhr n.rL i, ,lrn,d,
visited each ycai. Inv thou.;tnd, of tourists ana
10 illustrate how c5,mopoIit,,u tLr.r visits are
ON The hotel rcrorIsg gt tbn n,vrrt;nv,n, pasiu
where rnoisterrd my name with Ir.s Than
twenty fcllov nilorims I saw th,t tlnv renrn-
>cutr,i the states Of Nniur. Nn>sn,Lu.rfts tnn-
u.c:irut N,v Jnr.ny N.u- Nnrl. ,Iin Penn
sylyania. california, t,r,.rnt I,i4ho. .,Isn En~-
lind Iudio Su,th t,orrira ma German,
From Gardiner Eit,. o,,, ,.,,.b r,IInI r.,,iJI,,
through the ranyon of thr G.irLiner piyrr
Strcn. rIIoo4d Walls rose ON each si,r If mo
narrow way. Massive elm. i've hundred feet
above us were, oyrrhanpino fine road and tiIIinu.
olir minds with frnr as We rontrnulatnJ tl,T
result tI,at would follow If one of thnn sbnuld
topple down ,mou Ms. Our driver nointcd ont
TO n. an eauIe', ue,l far M ON a ,sreat rliT The
.old Indian.s focr" ,.,ryrd iIuon the solid
rock ana Of heroic .izr wns ,Isn shawn us
The six horse. were trnttiu.r ~Lnr,,Iv aIon~ tbc
narrow nike when there Wa - sudden rI,stin
and noiSr down tL,. nn,lnt,im-siI. ,nL :, tbirI,
cluI,J nf J',st aro. frn,n thn Ill. ins hn.i,,n
our lrnlrr. which innnnIi,tnlv rnD,,.J ,n,
| plunged in .srcat fri@ht' WHAT is that" !
asked in terror. "OnIva cbunk If tbe srena,,,
| that has fallen from tho rInr,, r,r,l.ssl,. r,
| nlird the driver a. lie ro,rh ,vbnnI, snishnI
| oyera rock some two feet s,,I,re th.t was thnn
lyiuu in I he track wonder s,iJ thn Iri,..r
| nointinr 10 hi. left s.is thr ularr wLerr Won,
can catch a fish from the Gardiner River. mi