The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-04-09

Col. Jewett," Famous hunter of West
ern New York, and a great friend of his.
1 was not satisfied until I could bring
down squirrel from the top crotch of a
big hickory where could see only a tip
of red nose and one eye"
His rowing outdoor life made him keen
observer, and gave him the rugged vitality
to Withstand any degree of hardship.
IF had known what my future career
was to be-" he said II could not have
mapped out my boyhood better"
OF with Buffalo Hill.
Il was this sturdy young scholar who
led the first great scientific expedition into
the Rocky mountains in the year 1870. Buff
falo Bill, Col. w. f. Cody, was the guide
chosen to lead the expedition into the al
kali plains, hitherto untrodden by the feet
OF white men. The Indians menaced them
constantly, burning the dry grass around
their camps and watching them jealousy
from every hill top They suffered the
want of water and they burned under the
blazing Western sun, but for five months
they scanned the colored cliffs and col.
iected hundreds of new and wonderful fos-
Sis, the mere description and classifca>
ton Of which was almost a life's work.
The scientific value OF this expedition
ana those of many succeeding years can.
not be overestimated. Prof Marsh un-
NNNNtANA Nht iIbldtIlS OF over LOU Vortc-
prate animals new 20 science most of
which he has named and described Anonr
them were the ancestral forms of the mod
eIn morse OF the tapir and the pig, and
OF the hrst monkeys and bats discovered
in America, showing that his country was
once the home of numerous sImian tribes
He also found many rodents and small
marsnpiais many gigantic dinosaurs
terrible lizards" the dinocerata which
were hinge. h0ofad AM Ia
plants and formdably armed with horns.
extnct sea serpents; the enormous hron.
totheridae; and the stegasaurus. The
discovery OF the birds with teeth ALREADY,
alluded to- and the pterodactyles. or fvin,
dragons, the first to be found in America
also resulted from these explorations.
The Origin of the Horse.
Perhaps the most wonderful discovery
made by Prof. Marsh during these evna5i.
tons was the series of fossil horses
When student in Germany" he onoe
.oio me / heard world-renowned pro-
fessor OF zoology gravely inform his M
pills that the horse was a gift fror, ~,
Old world to the new and was entirely M,
known TO America until introduced h,, th<
Spaniards. After the lecture l asked him
whether no earlier remains of horses ma
been found on this continent. ana was
told in reply that the reports to the eject
| were TOO unsatisfactory to be presented a
| facts in science This remark led me ~,
| on my return to examine the subject nv
! self, and have since unearthed no fewer
than thirty distinct species of the horse
tribe; and IL is now, think, generally adj
mitted that America is after all. the oripi-
nal home of the horse"
| In the pursuit of new fossil fields prof
| Marsh never allowed anything TO turn
| him aside. During the expedition of 1874
! to the Bad Lands near the Black Hu's he
/ and his cavalry escort We're twice driven
| back by hostile Sioux Indians, who sun
| posed him to be searching for gold rather
than bones. After all other means of ner-
suaslon had failed Prof Marsh called a
council Of the chiefs and after smoking
with them and Teasing them, he explained
| the nature OF his expedition. Ii was dis
! cussed az length. and Red Cloud and some
Of his associates finally offered their pro-
lection on condition that Prof Marsh
would carry their complaints and SAMPLES
OF their raiions to the great father in
/ Washington.
How lie Helped XIII the Indian Ring
on his return 10 the East Prof. Marsh
/ visited President Grant and exposed The
| frauds which he had seen practiced ON
the Indians. The result WAS a bitter nebt
with Secretary Of State Delano and the
Indian ring. Secretary DolanO began by