The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-01-06
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Some interesting information con-
corning the recent fall of a big meteor
is furnished by r. L. Fisk, who recent
~ returned from two months trip in
to the game districts on the Blackfoot
and Flathead. Speaking of the occur
renee, Mr.. Fisk had this to say:
1--WE were bound into the Flathead
country in search of big game. The par
ty consisted of George Miller, postmas-
ter at Lincoln; my brother and myself.
We broke camp above Ovando ON Fri
day morning, Sept. II, and took what
is known as the falls trail up the
south fork of Montour creek. The trail
is an awful one for pack horses even,
and progress was very slow. Just before
o'clock in the afternoon we halted at
some old elk wallows directly on the
watershed. Here we unpacked, built
fire and started to cook supper.
about 90 minutes past the ground !
underfoot shook and vibrated, and we
heard distinctly three reports, the first
sounding more like the crash of some |
falling monster clif weighing thousands |
of tons from some one of the numerous
peaks surrounding us than anything !
else, and the other two the ringing ech- |
oes sent back from the steep mountain |
sides. The horses even noticed the trem- |
bling of the earth and stood with point |
ed ears and dilated nostrils, uttering
startled snorts. My brother remarked
somewhat facetiously:
"'Get down on your marrow bones,
| you fellows; the mountains are turning
| over
eve stood awaiting the next act, dis
! cussing the probable origin of the
strange noise. Happening to glance sky
ward, straight north of our camp we
beheld a peculiarly shaped cloud whit
| ish gray in color and resembling three
| interlocked rings. With our fieldglass-
| es we could make this out ever SO clear
ly.
1--WE suddenly tumbled to the fact
| that we had witnessed or rather felt the
| results attending meteors fall. Mr..
Miller looked at his watch and an
nounced the time as 6 :23. From our
camp it appeared to us that the meteor
had fallen on the range we were then
on. We didn't know any one else had
witnessed it's fall until we got back in
to civilization about a week ago, and
all of US counted on giving the interest
ing occurrence to the press. The smoke
cloud was discernible as long as day
light lasted.
1.-THE next day, just after we struck
Salmon Trout creek, a tributary of the
north fork of the Big Blackfoot, we en-
countered bunch of Flathead Indians
They were Louie Ashley, half breed;
Kootenai, a stepson of the old Flathead
chief Arlee, and another brave whose
Indian name meant coyote or some other
of the wild beasts of the region, I have
forgotten what. They had their squaws
and children with them. All were ex-
cited, and Ashley remarked:
Z" Indian much scared. Think world
coming to end. Get away from here.
"They were unanimous in the opin-
ion that the meteor, for we told them
that was what it was, had fallen on the
range or watershed between the North
Fork, Willow creek, tributary of the
South Fork of Flathead and Montour
creek, and believe such was the case.
cit is easy to account for the story
, that it struck near Hay Stack Butte in
, this county. A circle drawn with cir
. conference of so miles with its central
, point on Willow creek will cover the
| headwaters Of dozen different streams
| flowing in as many different directions.
, | It is but eight miles from Willow creek
over on to the headwaters of Sun river.
eff the formation of the country
counts for anything in deciding just
, | where it fell, it was somewhere in the
range I have referred to. Iron predomi-
, mates, with considerable slate and lime
2 and other baser rock. I honestly be-
a ieve if any one wants to discover that
+ meteor that the place to look for it is
in the big range situated as stated. dc
. not believe that the meteor as whole
landed anywhere The first report was
| | very clear, as if the meteor had exploded
in midair and then rained its broken
O fragments on all sides. We estimated
the smoke cloud to be about 90 miles
above the range and compasses placed
, 1t directly north. From the vibration
Of the ground we concluded that some
Of the fragments struck within a few
miles of our camp.
Several days later we met two white
men named Mcknight and Belts, both
well known at Ovando, who were cut
= ting hay in a big meadow on Willow
: creek expecting to winter stock OF
- shares, though they had not solved the
problem as to how they were to get the
. stock in there, and both said they haC
- witnessed the strange scene of the Fri
day before, and that it appeared south
west of their cabin. -
Mr. Miller and R. G. Fisk both CON
o frmed the above. The Indians named
= when at home can be found at the sta
;, ton of Arlee on the Northern Pacific
1T or Mlssnni->-ttIIccllena Herald
d Trimming For Winter Gowns.
e All of the winter fashions are nov
d settled, and they show tendency fo
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