The sun., 1897-11-07
MADE THE EARTH TREMBLE.
The Fall OF n Meteor That Left Three Giauo
Interlocked Cloud Rings In the Shy.

The Fall or Meteor That Left Three Giant
Interlocked Cloud Rings In the shy.
From, the Helena Herald
Some interesting information concerning tho
recent fall of big meteor is furnished by r.
L. Fisk, who returned on Saturday from two
months trip into the game districts on tho
Blackfoot and Flathead. Speaking of tho 90
currence, Mr. Fisk had this to say:
"We were bound into tho Flathond country
in search Of big game. Tho party consisted Of
George Miller, Postmaster at Lincoln, my
brother, and myself. Wo broke comp above
Oyando on Friday morning ming sept sept :, ana i"oS
slow. Just before . o'clock in the afternoon
the water shed. Hero we unpackod built a
fire, and started to cook supper.
under foot shook and vibrntod, and we heard
distinctly three reports the first hounding more
iho cFSsn Oh nf tons fro snme one Of
the numerous peaks surrounding us than nny.
thing else, and the other two the ringing echoes
The horses even noticed tie trembling Of tho
earth and stood with pointed ears and dileIod
remarked, somewhat facetiously:
Oct down on your marr9w bones; you fol'
I'VE stood awaiting the next net, discussing
the probable origin OF tho strange noise liap-
penng to glance strSiHnt orh ct "1r
teroekef, rings. With our field glasses we
I've suddenly tumbled to tho fact thnt w,e
had witnessed or rather fc the rGsHcS "atcrf. ~.
watch and announced the time ms G:23; From,
our camp 1t appeared to us that the meteor nag nag
on anx S ons ss TS EsG its fall until
we got back into civil liaation about n week ago,
and all OF us counted on gyinG the interesting
occurrence to the press: The smoke CLOUD was
disccrnibc long as daylight lasted.
The next day Just after @ Mo struck struck EnrG Enm"a ~
the Big Blackioot, we encountered bunch ot
Fathcad Indians. They wcro Louie Ashley, u
Rsaa rSa KTee and bravo @
dian name meant COYOTE or some olhcr nI mo
wild beasts Of me region, J have i"fT2,U"n T,Tr,n
with them. All were excited and Ashley TO-
marked , ,r,,.,. ou,, ao,,.
ing TO end. Get away from here.
"They were unanimous in the opinion TINT
was wa had fallen on The range water shed bo'
tween tho North Fork, Willow Creek, liIou'
ay Of ho 9h bcGyo rHrk Of sc MS ho % case
at is easy 10 account for tho story that 10
struck near Hay stack Butte in tins county:
miles with it's central pont On Willow Creek
will cover the he9dwatcrs of u dozen diAGrens
tions. 1t is but EIGHT miles from Willow Creek
over onto the hcadwatcr" of sun river. r.,
anytbns 1ne in dscdms G ns a"S Whcre @ % was
somewhere in the range I nnyo referred 10:
Iro!, prcdomnates, with considerable slate hiid
limo ana other has or rock. honestly Oclirvo
IL any one wants Ia discover t!in' meteor man
the place TO look for II is IN he biz range Sii,-
ated as stated. | do not believe that The me-
teor as n whole landed anywhere. Tho tirso
report was very. clear, as II Tho meteor had rx.
fragments on all sides. We estimated tho
smoke cloud to he about fity miles above tho
range and conpasses placed II directly north.
From tho vibration of the ground We conclud-
cd that somo of the fragments struck within
few miles OF our camp.
Several dRys later we met two white mon
named Mcknight aud Belts, both well known
at OvandO, who were cutting hay In n big
meadow on Willow Creek expecting 10 winter
stock on shares, though they had not solved tho
problem as TO how they were to I'ct In" stock
In there. and both said they had witnessed tho
strange scene OF the Friday before, and that IL
appeared southwest Of their Cahn,'
Mr.. Miller and Il. &. Fisk both confirmed tho
above. The Indians named. when at homo,
can be found at the station OF Arlee on The
Northern Pacific west OF MissoulS -