Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-01-11
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MANY s~zss 4so--vay hack In NE
Iserties in rass-o,A 0en.. Ashley. -
cowpsnied by The veil known trappes
and nountarn~-r: Jim Bsidser. turned
vest from tine Sbsesskndes. Or Greee
river After following one Of It's nun,es-
loss tributaries. ,=lii~d Hrnrys Fork. Tor
the distance # Afous thirty mikes, they
changed ,i,.-ir eoafse and proceeded due
north. Il, fir..f themselves ooe day upoe
the ridge Of steep hlsffs overlooking the
galley. Of :, aish and Black . Forks. and
Iupon ti... i..n.r STRAIN they decided -
establish a trading pnsa Gen. AsiieS
was ,upls-ed to have been ~ that time
IN the esn ,,ioy Of the American Fur com
rarls and for so,ne reason or oshsr soon
resraeesi his steps FAST ard. leaving jun
BriSi~..y in possession III the valley that
uow Iears his name. ..
Jim. with spirit OF pardonAbie pri.ie,
called his camp Fort Bridge. He
married a wife. binit hut a wovea
willows aud logs. after the fashion 81 nn
Indian III i ,lllpSs. aud for several yeAfs
carried on. a m.~t successful TRAFFIC with
the iu.iians and the emisrants, chiefly
Muruon>. " lup t<SAsf ~ settle in the Vi
cinity
Anra,2 the guides and trxppefs who.
during the Years following its establish
ment. made Fort Bridger their head
quarters. were> s~o' Freedmen, named
COSTA tpse.amai,Iys contraction Of eau
tier, and Mariana. known BY th~ir com.
rsd..s as tls- Toad eatin, psrley vdoa-r
They w~se1ssess pa rsksF nrsf 10 discover
,ernr very minuck ~esp,ns and Crude
tool, Of stone and iron upon the plateaa
Of Smiths Fork. and interpressIi TO trav-
elers the. foIIusing fsntasti<' Indian leg
end concerning their origin and utility.
A race Of pygmies had formerly inhAbi-
ted the valley AMI heights. and ~axed
eternal war upon the eagles. They fash
ione<i and stored away in numerous
mountain caves and cTevasst.s The Iiniess
arrow heads and spears. and fouxhs ~
liantly for their exktence. liut in the
end the eagles were sctorio'Ss. and de-
voured their iiiiiputian adversaries with
pitile,s voracity. THIN in after years the
rains washed down the weapons. aud the
Indians made use Of them for petty trzf'
tic and various sapits- .-Ha
since 1863 the tertiary ls.ds in the vi
cinity Of BriIysr haNe proved Of primary
importance to g.-'l.girts and palesmtolo-
yists in al parts nf the world, and Pro
fe-sor Geiki.. Of EiD,hir>ii. i'll the inter
-,ting sketch b" pAhljsl,.s ot his journey
through the United sis...s. sp,aks of the
intense eagtrneS- with which he had a.
wsys looked forward, 10 visiting the
''nost wonderful fossil beds Of the
wo-ld-the cretaceons and tertiary de-
posils. of northwestern America" The
yield OF fossil specimens. in fact, has
equal-d that OF the famous ierres maui
vai-cs of DAkoaa. and extensive research
by Professor HAYDEN. Professor Marsh.
Or. Laidv and other unt.-i scientists
have brought To light An especial fauna,
| the former exi>i-n," If hch WAS un.
| known.
Among the. earlier and I,,.,.,. unim.
| portant fossil, ,,i.coyer.i in the Green
| river and Briagrr basins were flies,
fishes. insects and sheils-especialiv the
long. gracefully shat4d oyster shells, %
abundant il, cen; raj and northern EurOpe.
know II as ''lA.i,es' Fingers. A most re-
markable specimen was the feather Of .
bird which Professor Marsh regarded n
unio,,e and Of urea, value MANY spe..iea
of turtle wer, ,iiscoy,rrd tht, vertebr~
of crs,siiles. and. in The intervening
wears. the. .rsni,l i.p,s.s II, n mammoth
extinct animal ,r which Profe,,,oy Marsh
raw. III. generic. an,sIin,ion Of i6hoce-
rata. and which Or. L.i,lv. on the other
hand desiyna,.d a. ,h. tJintasherium.
| Some ;,.nr.xs;,,, ~ ,,,. xivx ~ thu .,....;-
mems NAV i~ raiu.sl nbrn i, ia sta.eA
that thu, t;upiy prrser ee.i. ,u.ks are twenty
inch.,. lon. and tho. INV bones. showing
the perfectly cna,utIssl teeth and tieeD
fangs, measure ever foot in length.
| To pr. J. Van A. Garter. resulting NJ
Fort Bridy-r. and DR.. Corson, Of the
army, is in. ti,., c-edi, Of having dis
| covered nldnv ct Tie n1IeSe IO9Sll StJeCl-
mems 10 I've sen in the paleoptoloricai
coIlect ions of IA. Smithsonian Institution
anil the Nca,I.u.y Of Science. Of New
York. and to tin. remains Of a small AMI.
NAL similar e. tie European hedgehog,
forwarded nv Dr Carter In Dr Ieidv
was ,,,..,,' RI. ,,.,,. ~ O,,n,,vs co-,sr;
H.. ,,:....- ~. ,..
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"ga'e u Us are especially numerous
around Brn'Eer' ana occasionally stones
of great hrauty. which would take an
extraordinary polish. were sold for $50
AMI So Fits of amber. resembling the
,uurky gems found on the ,oa.t ~ Pal.
...t;,,. M. r,a and rho, ,,;cL.d m "a
-, r. ~
'''o'''"' el'1'ne"S vi "pa" nave
oeeh io'i'id among me oihtAn mountains:
In appearances. the "bad lands OF
Bride'.r u,sin more nearly resemble the
the desert. han any other natural forma-
| ton tr artificial constructions visited by