Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-08-26
EVAN STEPHENS BEARS STORIES


Prof Evan stephens, who. with VIII
lard Christopherson, is at present on
visit 20 Yellowstone Park. writes 10
II. 6. Ensign, now on a mission to
Colorado. The letter was forwarded
the News" for publication, and is as
follows:
Yellowstone Park, Aug, 18th, 1885,.
Having written my first letter to the
News" giving brief account OF our
trip MS far as Soda Springs, / want the
remainder to be addressed TO you,be-
cause you are constantly in my mind,
having been through the Park with me
seven or eight years ago. The News
will be welcome to the same if 1t deems
1t of any interest to its readers. Well,
after writing my last at the Idanha
hotel, We found that ball was to be
held in the dining room that night but
we We're rather tired and sleepy, so
slept while others danced. Leaving
Soda Springs August 9TH and at once
began our travel over lava beds. There
is charm in the fancy to me that we
are speeding over what was once, y
fearful stream of liquid fire. This part
Of the world might have been then the
orthodox he'll Cor "Hades" more mod
cruly speaking, Mt lpnsD, II must have
been terrible; the thin soil scarcely
the hills are nothing but mighty waves
Of cooled lava. The streams scarcely
wcar it, but on every hill side II has
broken into great, ugly black blocks.
on we go Ia the BlaCkfoot river, where
we stay for noon. then again on to
club springs, where l fish In q stream
with but one perceptible hole in it(you
know what crank l am on fine fish
ing hole, my fishing pleasure always
being divided into three parts, seeing
the fishing hole with its entrance rip
pie. catching the fish, and eating III.
However, l caught three or four nice
fish and ate them. with WITS help for
supper. WIN triumphantly brought in
dozen ducks, which he had shot, so
YOU see we Toasted.
August Sth. after n duck breakfast.
we bid good bye to pleasant old cou-
pie. who lives on these chubs, and
away we go Notwithstanding it was
Sunday; but we felt thcre was more
worship in moving through the love-
~ hills and mountains than stopping
in this lonely place; so we Travelled
about 30 miles to another ranch. Here,
after catching a few more trout, we
remain over night.
wards Snake River valley over
ridge after ridge on rather sandy.
dusty roads We met a party of
Ogdenites. who looked like stranded
gypsles, If all Yellowstone parties re-
turned looking like these, the choir
VIII surely not accept me on my re-
turn. Faces all colors from dark yell
low to salmon red, dresses dust-cov-
cred from high skirt with sweater
bodice bicycle suit, to shakers, glasses,
etc, while the gents faces We're a
Erimy mixture Of hair and dust.
Horses, mostly ribs and hip Joints, vet
they We're merry and having n great
such htifnnY fang.. re-
n pleasant chat we parted, and soon
we were on the top of the last ridge
that overlooked the wide and now
dotted over with houses, Snake River
Valley. Here is surely picture
granary. was glad to find It mostly
for II greater future than any OF our
You should see the great
In their canals: time and time
we eNclaim. surely this must be a
river "a we came to one after an
other of the swift running. clear as
crystal streams on their way to irri-
gate the finest grain fields ! ever saw.
We found some lovely fruit here. The
future will find 1t groaning meath an
pies, prunes. pears and abundance of
all things as the past found il groan-
ing meath streams Of fire from the
great volcanoes which surround it
(and underlied It, tool, whose rem
in the form of Yellow
stone Park.
We next camped at La Belle, a
settlement really built in the riverbed
of South Fork Of Snake river
Aug. 10. We We're early at Rex
burg, and kindly held up before we
had gone half way up lts main street
by Brother Dern Mediant and Stake
choir leaders, formerly from Salt Lake.
who had heard we were coming and
was ON the lookout for US. He soon
had our horses In Bishop n. j. Win
ter's stables and ourselves at his own
board. His good Wife even
Insisted on giving loayes Of her SPLEEN
did bread, which lasted us into the
Park Brothers Blackburn anr Jar