The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1891-10-17
Some Incidents which Give Insight to
Character.
YO CANT SCARE DIS CHILEy'
But You Will Laugh and Cry by Turns
at this Story.
1t is Pity That Some OF the COWBOYS
were not Made Good Indians.
Special corr. of the New DoMlvros


HELENA, Montana, Oct 9Th,
stuff of which heroes are made is no
always found housed in palace o.
mashalled in camp.
A half mile away across the vivit
green OF the autumn grass, stands
low white cottage half hidden il
trees, and there ranchman, pursues
the even tenor of his way who fgur
ed in one of the most thrilling cpl
soies of frontier life some years ago
He has steady eye, low voice ant
a quiet, easy manner.
On the 18th of August, 1877, h,
left Helena for q tour Of the Yellow
stone Park, accompanied by music
teacher named DIETRICH, and severa
other men, each with a complett
camping outfit-pack horses, riding
horses, guns, fishing tackle, &c, &c.
with a liberal supply of bread, ba
con, and canned goods. They de
pended on their rods and their rifles
for a variation of the fare. in the wa,
OF fish, grouse, and other game
With falling horse OCCASIONAL,
breaking gun, a pack mule running
away, or now and then a squabble in
camp among the men as to who would
do the dish washing, they moved on
without other incident, making from
20 to 30 miles day, till the 18th
when they found themselves at the
wonderful Mammoth Hot Springs,
In speaking of them this man An
drew Weirket said, "They are per-
fectly grand and that is all can saw
of them as it is no use to try to de-
scribe them"
AS have seen them myself, l will
digress long enough to attempt a
short description of them and their
surroundings.
They are succession of mammoth
cup-like terraces embracing ITO acres
and containing about so hot mineral
springs which are constantly boiling
up, OVERLOOKING and depositing the
carbonate of lime or travertine with
which they are heavily charged on
the rims of their basins in the most
beautiful and fantastic forms mag
Unable. Some are gemmed round
with rows of dainty pearls, fit fes-
toons for fairy's throat; others are
studded with delicate, coral like
frounds and branches of the most
feathery lightness and beauty; many
more seem draped and garnished in
the prodigal opulence of Nature, with
dainty fiots and frills of lace, rival
ling the most matchless creations of
the pillow and the bobbin that we're
ever placed by human hands. Some
of shell pink, others palest straw col
or on most delicate Nile Green. There
are caves and grottoes 'apparelled in
celestial light" that almost dazzle
the naked eye. There is the regal
palace of "She' which only the fervid
imagination of Haygard could de-
scribe; there is Menerva's Temple:
the Bath Of Venus, and the DEVILS
Kitchen, which are grottoe like open
ings carved by the hand of Nature
into shapes that rival the genius of
Praxitiles or Phidias. They are
the deserted haunts of bubbling
springs whose pillows have ceased
to roll or like some restless Nereid
they have boiled and buhbled, seeth-
ed and simmered here little, and
there little, till they have sealed up
the outlet with their never ceasing
labor and have forced an opening for
their activities farther along the ter
race. 1t is this way those marvel
lous creations have been called into
being, constantly building up the
margins and then moving on. There
is an entire mountain In the park
HOO feet high and several miles
long which has been built in this
way, although the agents are no
longer active having done their work
and retired from business ages ago.
At the base of the Mammoth Hot
Springs terraces, is seen the crater
cone of an extinct geyser, called ''The
Liberty Cap" A few years ago it
was 80 feet in height; now it is less
than so, so rapidly is the tufa being
built up by those remarkable waters.
took a bath in them and felt as
if I'd had bottle of Spaulding's
glue or some equally sticky stuff
poured over me. They are very I'M
like the hot waters of White Sulphur
Springs so miles from here A bath
in them leaves you feeling like sat
in finished saint.
In many places the snow white
formations have begun to triturate
and crumble and it looks as if all the
product of the Pillsbury Mills had
been poured out there, flour enough
to feed the world if it was only di-
gestible.
Near the Springs is long, high
mountain which may have been built
in this way. 1t is called Mt. Everest
for Major Everest who was lost in
the park some years ago and finally
discovered on this mountain after
thirty days of wandering and star
walton. When found he was craaol-
ing skeleton creeping feebly along
on the ground, trying to catch toads
to eat.
But | must resume the broken
thread Of my narrative.
Mr.. Weikert and party halted to
rest and fish for day or Two on the
Gardener river near the Hot Springs,
and then moved on over Sulphur
Mountain and Alum creek the 25th.
To use his own language Here"
said he, I'VE spied a moving caravan
but could not tell at first who they
were but thought them tourists so
we got little closer and were great
ly surprised to find they were Indians.
We held council Of war and all
concluded it would be wise to take
the back track. Some started off in
gallop but some of MS TO * it more