St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-08-22
COMPANY DIS MARCH.
WEAKNESS of the Trip Lightened
by the Grandeur Of Natural
Surroundings.
Every Advance Reveals New and
Surprising Wonders to the
81 City Denizens.
Special correspondence..of the Globe.

Special Correspondence.of the Globe
WILLOW CREEK, Y. n. p, Aug. TO-
This is Company DIS second day out,
and the men are in better shape than
they have been since the journey was
commenced. last Saturday. The jour
ney out was comparatively uninterest-
ing, except to give the party an idea of
the large wheat fields. and the passage
through the Bad Lands of North Da
kota, which occupy about 800 square
miles of territory in the northwestern
portion of the state. Coarse grass, sage
bushes and cactus are about the only
vegetation that thrives in the dreary
expanse. The ground is very broken,
forming small foothills and valleys.
have burned until now they are COM
| posed of rocks of reddish hue.
AS the train comes to Standstill IN
this barren territory every one wonders
at the cause, and we are not a little sur
prlsed to see what appears to be a
thriving village. AS the sign on the
station announces ''Medora" one is at
once reminded of the famous French
man. Marquis de Mores, who some
yCdlS Sls.O SCtIiCO u6IG dIlu UullL Ino
residence and large cold storage house,
intending to raise and kill cattle and
send the meat East; but after spending
something like 100000, and trying in
vain to make the scheme a success, De
Mores returned to Paris, where he re-
Gently gained additional notoriety by
the duel in which he killed Capt. Mayer.
All day Sunday the sun shone h OF,
sending the mercury up to 12S deg. in
the sun, there being no shade in the
Bad Lands. In the morning we ar
'afterward struck the beautiful Yellow
stone river, which we followed as far
as Cinnabar. Livingston was reached
Monday morning about o'clock and,
after twenty five-lninute stay, the
train On the Park branch left for Gin
nabar. Along this road the grandeur
of the Rocky mountains first becomes
apparent As the train rushes along
zby the side of the Yellowstone river
through deep gorge with mountains
rising thousands of feet on both sid es,
tine grandnesS and subhmIty of the
works of nature are realized as never
before by those of the party who are
not veteran travellers. And as the sun
beats down with terrible intensity,
bringing the perspration from one In
streams, by looking upwards one sees
snOw-covered peaks appearing so near
one fairly turns homesick at the sight.
Within few miles of Cinnibar the
Shout 1.-The Devils Slide" goes up, and
everybody rushes to the windows to see
the place bearing the SulphurOuS name.
The slide extends down the side of
mountain 1000 feet high. between two
walls of trap rock about l50 feet apart.
1t is distinguished from the surrounding
earth by its peculiar reddish color.
Arriving at Cinnabar the wagons soon
are loaded, and the company start Oh
the march of $50 miles. which they ex-
pect to cover in about fourteen days, in
Guiding stop-overS. some of which will
last two days. Within three miles of
the Mammoth Hot Springs halt was
made in order to partake of bounteous
repast provided by F. Jay Haynes. The
march was then resumed. and after the
boys had tested the truth of the rumor
that there was a river hot enough to boil
an egg near by. which was easily he
lieved after putting ones finger in the
Boiling river.
The detachment of cavalry stationed
at the Mammoth Hot Springs received
the visitors in royal style, and after
pitching camp the tenderfeet wandered
around to see the country. The prin-
cipal points of interest are the hot /
springs on top of a mound, built up by
the deposits of lime contained in the
water. The two most important springs
are those on Minerva and Jupiter ter
races. the former terrace covering about
three-qnarters of an acre, with spring
twenty feet in diameter. The latter
spring, being the largest one at this
point, is 100 feet in diameter. The blue
water of these and many other springs
is clear as crystal, the sky and the
smallest cloud thereon being not only
plainly reflected, but perfect in every
detail. The formation Of lime around
these springs battles attempt at deScrip-
ton. SO beautiful is the cOlOring. The
predOminating color is delicate orange.
but every color and tint ever dreamed
of can be found, red. yellow and cream,
with their many tints being conspicu-
Gus. A most wonderful thing Is tine
fact that by walking short distance
back into the woods is found large
spring known as bath Lake." from the
fact that its temperature is just right
for bath. This fact becoming known.
many took advantage of this very novel
mode of bath. Supper was served
shortly, and then after stroll or chat
in the hotel, while listening to the
strains of music from our mandolin and
guitar quartette. the men returned to
camp for rest.
aOOut U y ClOck Ills uoSudy) morn
ing we were Off, having had a fine
nights rest and a good breakfast. which
goes long way on trip of this kind
Camp was pitched on Willow creek, a
branch of Indian creek, at 10 o'clock,
after ten-mile march. On this march
one of the grandest sights in the park
was witnesSed-the world-famed Golden
Gate. At the east entrance a large
boulder stands on one side of the road,
while the rocky, yellow-moss colored
bluff, which suggests the name, rises
straight up in the air for more than
thousand feet. The road around this
peat (BunseW is a very fine piece of
engineering skill. 1t is nearly a mile
long and cost $4,000. The scenery at
this point is the most impressive that
has been witnessed SO far. w. B.