The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1889-09-19
a VALLEY or DEATH.

WALLET vt 0Ef%t6.
= Kavine In Yellowstone National Park
Whore Game b Asphyxiated
I'm Yellowstone Park there Is n
ravine that proves as deadly to animal
life IS that Death Valley Of Java
whore wild beasts perish by the score. "
said Henry w. Mcintyre. The gentle
man was connected with the party who
surveyed the reservation, under tho
leadership Of Arnold Hague, the park
geologist. While following the streams
TO trace the extinct hot springs tho
explorers reached ravine in which
the bones Of m any animals. bears, deer,
rabbits and squirrels, were found.
The presence OF the remains caused
the party much wonder, and solution
Of the strange all .ir was found only
when crow that had been seen to fly
from the side OF the valley TO carcass
that was yet fresh lit on hts prey, and
almost Immediately fell to the ground.
The death OF the bird continued
Mr.. Mcintyre, twas caused by gaseous
calculations, whose presence in the
park had been before unsupported.
The larger game also met its death BY
inhaling the deadly gas. The rayiac
is in the northeastern Part OF the park.
in the vicinity OF the mining camp OF
Cooke Creek. and not far from the line
Of the mail route. All about this re-
gion gaseousexhalatlons are given off
which form sulphurous deposits. In
the almost extinct hot-sPring areas q.
Soda Butte. Lamar river and Cache
and Miller creeks tho ravine was found
This region is rarely visited, although
| it is an admirable lsp5t FOR game,
which. however, goes unmolestcd by
man, the laws against hunting being
very soverc./ Thosroaa to- tho valley
has few <attractions. all tho visitoss
to the<Fossil forests and IIindoo basin
seldom mike the trip. !.
"In the center OF d m oadow. reached
by an old elk trail. is a shallow de-
preston that was once the bed OF a
hot-spring pool. This is now dry and
is covered with slight deposit OF
salt, and that Is the bait that at
tracts the elk and other game Of the
region. Tho lick extends for seventy
five yards up the ravine and is thicker
and more palpablc towards tho upper
end. The creek runs past along the
side OF the valley and boils and hub
bles as il it were tins outlet OF a hot
Espring But@the vater=is=e alld and the
disturbance in its surface is caused by
the emissions Of gas, mainly carbonic
acid. 1t also contains sulphur, as
particles of that are seen on tho sides
OF the crock. As we went up the
stream the oder OF sulphur became
very strong and caused irritation OF
the bronchial passages. About eighty
yards above Cache creek were the
bones OF a large bear aud nearby wi as
a smaller grizzly decomposed. but
with the skin and hair yet fresh.
Only short distance farther on were
the skeletons of many more animals.
such as elk and deer and other large
game. Squirrels, rabbits. birds and
insects were lying about in quantities
and the ravine looked as II it had been
the scoop Of drive into which tho
animals OF the park had been hunted
and had there been loft to die Of hun
ger out OF mere wantonness. There
were no wounds apparent on the
bodies before us; all the animals had
been asphyxiated by the deadly gases
that hung few feet from tho surface
of the gulch in a dense, palpable cur
tain
1.-THE first bear we saw was good
way down the gulch, where aancck is
formed. TO that point the gas must
have been driven by the wind. and its
deadly nature may be easily guessed
when It is remembered that thesfight-
est motion causes diffusion OF the
ether that would tend to decrease its
noxious properties. Here is the ex-
PLANTATION OF the oft-repeatcd assertion
that game was being exterminated by
hunters In the Yellowstone. notwith-
standing the stringent laws that had
been passed for the protection OF ami
mails there. had seen it noted that
each year bears. deer, mountain tigers
and other wild animals were disap-
pearing from the reservation, and it
was asserted that friends OF the people
who had charge of the park were al
lowed to hunt there in defiance of the
law. There were probably $50 bodies
OF wild animals in the gnlch when
was there. But. although there were
skeletons entire and single bones, ii
must not BIO supposed these were the
remains Of all the game that had found
death in the ravine. They had ac-
cumulated only since the last rain
storm. Through this gulch ~ mount
ain torrent runs when tho SHOWS have
melted from the mountains or after a
hard rain. Then all things, stones
bones and bodies. are tumbled together
on their way down to the mouth OF
the gulch. whence they arc carried
away In heycreeks or are left to mark
the course OF the stream and bleach on
the table lands had noticed near
the Mammoth hot springs the. bodies
OF mice and bugs. but had never at
tribnteds their presence to tho deadly
gases that were SO rapidly killing of
the large game OF the park. San
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