The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-10-23
MADE THE EARTH TREMBLE
The Fall Of Meteor that Left Three
Giant Cloud Rings.

Some interesting Information concern
Ing the recent fail Of u big meteor Is fur
nished by r. l.. Fisk who returned on
saturday from a two months trip into
the game districts on the Blackfoot and
Fiathcad. Speaking OF the occurrence,
Mr.. Fisk had this TO say:
I've were bound into the Flathead
country in search OF big game. The par
~ consisted OF George Miller, Postmaster
at Lincoln. my brother, ana myself we
broke camp above Ovando on Friday
morning. september 18th, and took what
Is known as the rails tran up the south
fork Of MontOur Creek The trail Is an
awful one for pack horses even, ana pro-
gress was very slow. Just before 9
o'clock in the afternoon we halted at
some old elk wallOws directly on the wa
ter shed. Here we unpached, built fire,
and started 10 cook supper.
About twenty minutes past the
ground under foot shook ond yibrated,
and We heard distinctly three reports, the
first sounding more like the crash Of
some falling monster Gin Weighing thou-
sands Of tons from some one OF the nu-
merOus peaks surrounding us than any
thing else. and the other two the ringing
echoes sent back from the steep mountain
sides The horses even noticed the trem-
bling OF the earth and stood With pointed
ears and dilated n0stril. utterins startled
snorts. Ny brother remarked, somewhat
facetiousy:
Get down on your marrow bones, you
fellows. the mountains are turning over.
we stood awaiting the next act as
cussng the probable origin OF the
strange noise Happening 10 glance SKY
ward. straight north Of our camp We
beheld a peculiarly shaped cloud. whit
fish gray I'm color and resembling three IN
teflOcked rings With our held glasses
we could make this out ever so clearly.
1--WE suddenly tumbied 10 the fact that
we had witnessed. or rather felt. the re-
suits attending q meteOrs fall Mr.. Mill
or looked AT MS watch and announced the
time rs G:23 From our camp II appeared
TO us that the meteor had I@llth on the
range we were then on. We didn know
any one else had Witnessed lis fell until
we got back into civilization about q week
ago. and all of us counted on giving Inc
interesting occurrence 10 tne press me
smoke cloud was discernibe as long as
daylight lasted.
''The next day. Just after we struck
Salmon Trout Creek. a tributary or the
North Fork of the Big Blockio0t we en-
COuntered a bunch OF Flathead Indians.
They were Louie Ashley, a halt-oreed
Kootenai. stepson Of the old tlathead
chief Arlee, and another brave whose M
dian name meant coyote or some other
OF the wild beasts OF the region, 4 have
forgotten what They had their squaws
and children with them. Al were eNclt-
ed and Ashley remarked:
Indian much scared. THINK Norid
coming to end Get away from here.
"rhey were unanimous IN the opinion
that the meteor. for we told them mat
was what il was, had fallen on the range
or water shed between the North FORK
Willow Creek. tributary OF the South
Fork Of Flathead and Montour creek
and | believe such was the case
1T is easy 10 account tor the story tndt
II struck near Hay Stack Butte I'm this
county A circle drawn with a circum-
ference Of fifty miles with its central
point on Willow Creek Will cover the
headwaters OF a dozen different sire ans
flowing In as many dinerent QlreclloHs
1t IS but eight miles from willow creek
over onto the headwaters Of sun River.
IF the formation Of the country counts
for ANYTHING I'm deciding just where u
fell II was somewhere In the range
have referred 10. Iron preoomina'es
with considerable slate and lime ana 9th
or haser rock. I honestly believe II any
one wants TO discover that meteor thtt
the place to look for n Is IN the Dig
range situated as stated. 90 not pc
lieve that the meteor as "hoie lahueu
anywhere The first report was very
clear. as II the meteor had exploited IN
mid-air and then rained It's broken iI"S-
rnents on all sides. We estimated the
smoke cloud to be about ffiy mles ABOVE
the range and compasses placeo II olrecl-
~ north. From the vibration Of the
oronnd we concluded that some of the
fragments struck within few miles OF
our camp. .,.,.o
several davs later we net two whie
men named Mcknight and Belts. both
well known at OVando, VINO were cutting
hav I'm a big meadow Ola Willow Creek,
expecting to winter stock on shares.
though they had not solved the proDlem
as 10 how they were to get the stock IN
there. and both said they had witnessed
the strange scene OF the Friday before,
and that it appeared southwest OF their
cabin" 80
Cd tho above. The Indians named, when
ar home. can be found at the station or
Arlee on the Northern Pacific, west OF
Nfissoula.- Helena Herald.