Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-09-15

such good zeal n gladness that one
could not but have q good time when
with them. We Travelled with the Wylie
people and they treated us royalty"
And last but not least 1 must thank
the Inter Mountain for their ~kindnesd
and consideration during our Journey
which will never be forgotten but will
be lived over again in memory of thd
happy past.
Our chaperone, M. A. Berger, won the
good will of all by his kindness and
ever ready willingness to please. Again
thanking n and all, / am. yours truly
BERTHA vETTER.
MISS GRANNIS DESCRIBES 1T.
You want to know all about our trip
and want me to tell 0 What we saw3
You are certainly asking me to do a
most difficult thing. So many things
him OF 1t all. the words with which I
would describe it seem 50 poor n
meaningless" said Miss Grannis to1a
p2rty of friends, one evening since her
return from the National Park. How,
ever. ! shall try to do what you ask and
give a general outline of our trip, de-
scribing a few of the things that i'm
pressed me most. We left Butte at l
O'Clock Wednesday,, August Is. via the
Northern Pacific for Livingston. We
surely say we were on pleasure bent.
At Bozeman we were Joined by Miss
Della Tate, the successful contestant
from that place. 1t 1880 D. m. we ar
rived at Livingston, having enjoyed b
journey immensely. That evening we
attended a performance of the Boston
Lyric company as the guests Of our
chaperone, Mr.. Berger of the Inter
Mountain. Thursday morning our. party
complete, having met Miss Carrie Ben
ninghoff of Billings and Miss Alice Good
son of Livingston here, at 1880 we again
took the train for Cinnabar. The road
over which we Travelled is a branch Of
the Northern Pacific and took us to the
northern boundary of the park. From
the train we saw several points of in
terest. passing through Paradise Valley
and Yankee Jim Canyon. Near Cinna-
bar we passed the Devils Slide" This
feet apart extending up the mountain,
alongside of which is a slide of reddish
colored rock resembling CinnaHbar. We
were met at C%innabar by MI. Frxd
Wvlie. who after seeing every one com
fortably seated and the quantity Of bag
gag belonging to US safely stored away.
mounted the drivers box of the lovely
four-seated coach which was to "a us
through Wonderlandss and with a craek
of the whip we were journeying overland
through the park. We arrived at CAR
diner at II o'clock where we en~joyeda4n
excellent diner. After dinner we again
took our places in the gaily decorated
coach and enjoyed a very pleasant drfYe
lllIOu5A 1dEulleE ltlVcI oduyOH 10
Mammoth Hot Springs, passing EAGLE
Rock en- route. Here we stopped for
sometime viewing the beautiful terraces
and springs. l can think of no words
with which to describe the magnificehee
of the terraces both of form and copbf-
ing. I was surprised at the size of tsie
formations; they We're so much larger
than 1 had expected to find them, and
to my notion they are the grandest of
all the formations in the park. There
ro MN 10 distinct nforVo in oil
Jupiter is the largest and most beauti-
full of the terraces. Here we also see.
Liberty Cap, a formation some so feet
high, resembling a rock. 1t is SUPPOSED
to be an extinct hot spring one.ij AT
last we are compelled to leave the ter
races where for centuries the transpaT-
ent warm water has rickled down over
the man hued formations and where 1t
will probably continue to for centuries
to follow. At 6 in the evening we ar
rive at Apollinaris Spring, where Wylie's
first permanent camp is located, known
as Willow Park Camp. What are the
Wylie camps like? They are just the
places at which one would wish to stay
when taking an outing. 1t affords me
much pleasure to give you a brief de-
scription of one of the Wylie camps for
I feel no shall portion of the pleasure
CT cur trip was due to the comforts we
had at those. our heavens of rest. The
matrons and guides, in fact everyone
that we met in Mr.. Wylie's employ, was
kindnes itself to all the guests, and
seemed to a k peasure in making every
n comfortable. Each camp is c9mt
posed OF many tents. These. tents are
equipped with all. the c~onveniences pne
could wish on a trip of that kind. I thypk
the thing most appreciated by the yoYn$
ladies. of our party was the fire that q
started in the tents some half hour De-
fore time to arise in the morning. p
meals were we'll cooked and never failed
to disappear. with wonderful rapidtty
when the Inter Mountain Nine" mAae
its appearance at mess" We were, RN
! tiful stately pines among which 1MMf
! tents are situated are charming. The Uf$
blazing and cracking camp fires AROUND
I which we all gathered every evening. "nAS
We Sang in the Evening" etc. ,HTf
scenes I never shall forget. Since the
Gangs are all very much alike this del
scription does for all. At 1880 Friday
morning we left Willow Park camp for
the Upper Geyser Basin. Soon after
leaving camp we passed Obsidian Clin.
volcanic glass. The morning we passed
| the cliff the sky was clouded. the air
cool and damp, making 1t look much
7 the same as many other mountains we
sun shone brightly. illuminating the
glittering obsidian. The 'clin Is about
800 feet high. Many interesting legends
are told by the Indians concerning THIS
strange piece OF Natures handlWork,
and It is said by them to have besn
placed, there by the -'Great Spirit" for
the convenience Of the arrow makers
who made yearly pilgrimages to the
Basin of the Hot Waters for the pur-
pose Of obtaining the obsidian for arrow
points lust as LongfeAow's Indians made
trips to the great Pipestone quarry to
secure pipestone for h pipes of peace.
As evidence of these annual pilgrimages
nearly every arrowhead found In the
valleys, within hundreds of miles of the
park, are of fosidian. .ss
we entered the Norris Geyser
Basin about ten o'clock. Here we
saw the Black Growler with Its
chimney shaped openig issuing forth b
large quantity of steam and a s1hht
amount Of water and growing contf1u-
ously. After this beautifully hhd
amiable(?) geyser we named l0lIr
chaperone in contrast to his sunny dis
position. While taking care of a large
party of young women and their Ne