New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-09-24
PRLNCETONS SCIENTIFIC EAf1DA'A"1''
SUCCESSFUL SEARCH

sUCCEssFUL SEARCH FOR FOSSILS IN ChEi f'''1' -
bad LANDS.
Princeton, Sept 81 (speclaD.-It has been the Gus,
tom AT Princeton for number OF years Pa.' W Nv.
out expeditions to make geological researches,
expcdition organized last spring BY PTofesso'
n. Scott and william F. Slagic started io' 1'O
western Nebraska the latter part OF july snu w.,
most satisfactorily In It's collection OF speei".N' a..
obiect OF the expedition was To secure spo'
connection with the subject OF paicon'o'os'' Az
dition to the members Of the faculty. inc parry wv
oau,nossd ~, p Aqnew ,o1 (auartemaster); e. D..
Lyon '01 (treasurer); G.. B. Asnew. VI " =, -
,01 II, ". Green, '9i; A. u. Glaa"lh' ~, "i'1
E. A. S. Lewis, 'O1. The party went Hon' YIN. ~
TO Lincoln Neb., and from there TO For' 'o'" =.
the extreme northwestern part OF the ou''e IT,,
place they Hospitality entertainer U! "o1o" tn
ford and Ouartcrmastcr Day and the o'neoro.
outfit consisted Of two Sbley tents, morse lor oae
-, a, tho Marty and \ four. horse team and wagon
in which the guns and ammunition, 1000 anu o''''
supnIies were carried. These, with teSms'sr IA"
cook, made up the outfit
The party left Fort Robinson on August o. ~
nanied by DR.. Kear, the assistant physician - "'
most with an Indian guido and military es'o.' W
four men, The first stop was maze At o"s"r 10.
about fifteen miles from the fort, where WORK we.
carried on in the d" Bad Lands The expeduon '"on
nrocceded north crossing into south Dskota' t"ro"s
Oelrchs and then along the eastern side OF u'o ~ -
Hills until French Creek was reaehed. 1hoio eH,
was passed in hunting in the hills. from .na'
place they proceeded along the Cheyehn' wv
10 Yst,lo Crock and encanped 81 tne 'un~
ton OF tho two creeks on A"Bu''
Hero permanent camp made and the ehiet WON
OF tho expedition carried on IN the 'ne' cum
River bad Lands" Tile most successiui anu, III
fct nearly all the wora OF the expedition was ooo
I'm tina, locality The work Of chseiing IosSn' o Va
the baLnd clay beneath the mid day sun IN tho "oh"
Of August was By TO means pleasant t''". f''e''
is fossil found entirely exposed, and requires ''
utmost arc and paticnee safely remove from It's
rocky bed where II has been pr'Scr'rd .f d. ~
mix ur chiacl To one who has never s'"'l th""'
before the q" bad Lands present an cA'r'mc'y p''
turp.uuc and beautiful sight. From the suhh"' Va
any n. buttr stretches on all sdct III, ro"eA sur
face 81 hard baked clay and sand. Sing IN mar; pc'
10 great height. and shaped In most p''''!!"' "n
life like forms These Bal Lands we're once t"o
bottom OF al akal lale. which cA''cd SOM in'i'''" "
year, Or So xso, covering AREA 0l a"out "o''""
suuare miles Two other lakes OF til, same hho
existed prof. ably IN the same geological age III N"
Mexico aid Oregon. Tho bottoms oil These Ihhe' "''
allua,i deserts NJ 'h~ pr ,cnt 'lii".
Many rrre s,rrirn"re wr?c fnnd. among wh''h "'fe
acr,a,hcr.ur mcsohippu, synodriyl. i't"pu' and
| bvonotamus spcclrlcus Tie Elcsrh!ppns acc'a'
thcr.In ani poe1ro hrrium specimens were esp +ia1'
pcrfcri Altogether 100 specimens w"rt gathered
tho most valuable portion OF thcIn beiDS skulls ana
vertcbIac.
ON August o. tho camp was broken mp.