The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1900-05-31
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Letter from NJ. L. Wolfe, Who Is Seeing
the Sights in Wyoming.

Camp Bob Campbell, May 2o.-We
are now camped on Piney river at the
mouth OF the canyon where the stream
cuts through the Big Horn noun
tains and enters the foothills and the
plains OF northern Wyoming.
We left Fort Mckinnie, our present
home. three days ago, which is To-
Gated at the foot of those mountains |
on Clear creek The fort consists OF
splendid homes for commissioned and
non-commissioned officers and their |
families. Barracks for cavalry and |
infantry soldiers hospitals, bath |
houses, offices, magazines, corrells. |
barns, a fine system OF water works |
and clear streams of mountain water
running everywhere in artificial
channels This fine and costly prop
erty was abandoned by the govern
ment few years ago and since given
to the state of Wyoming. The state
having no use for it at present, wires
Col. Bob to look after it, who rents
it out to invalids, si9ht-seers. retired
capitalists, hunters, etc, only few
buildings are occupied.
NJ b. Frazer and myself occupy
what we can of the late home OF one
Capt. Savage. Wefollowed along the
| foot of the mountains north all day.
now and then passing a ranch house
who were seeding their land to wheat
and oats and will SOW on until June
20. they told me- We saw many sage
hens and prairie chickens. Passed
by where | was told that d. \.
| Thompson and Sam Edwards OF But
ter once hauled wood at S125 per
load and laid the foundation for their
fortunes.
We went into camp the first night
about half-mile from the mouth OF
Rig Piney canyon, near the bank OF
the stream. the waters OF which
roared like Il passing Mis-
souri, cyclone all night in its efforts
to get by the many powders and the
rolling and grinding against each
other and its great fall carried them
along. 1t was hard for me to quit
listening and 90 to sleep, as the walls
of the canyon which We're hundreds
OF feet high, and seemed to take NJ
the sound OF the winds among the
| .,h tip,nS | ..nIllI
o1lish from the roar OF the rocks AND
echo them bach. Long after my only
+ companion had fallen asleep did
reach that resting stage. | was
| thinking What is man and wher.
q goes he after this? v lille cooking
breakfast in the morning we heard {
pheasant drumming on a log; they
are plentiful here, also a large anC
pretty game bird called mountain
or blue grouse.
From camp to-day | witnessed
what | wish every body could see one
= at least. About + O'Clock p. m, i
o being warm. the sun shone bright OIL
r foot hills and tops of mountains
4 while a cloud rolled along the side O
: the mountains about half way u
/ which changed color many times am
+ gave forth flash after fash OF light
4 ming, peal upon peal of thunder.
thought of the sight witnessed by tn
% children of Israel when they reache
o. Mount Sinai, Exodus xix IL.
/ We found plenty OF deer signs here
4 mule and black tails. the white Ia
I deer stay lower down. Twenty-fiv
p deer passed through a log cutters
II yard recently, so he informed us.
10 There is many wild bees here an
, much wild fruit is in bloom-th
e plum. gooseberry, currant, red ra:
berries, black haws, choke cherrie:
crab apple, sarvice berries and bu
a falO berries.
l. Anybody can find bear, lynx Q
"a mountain sheep that wants to elm
up little on the mountains. TIL
streams have plenty of trout, but al
most too high now TO catch then
~ Our camp and surroundings lack
r one thing only OF being a very EIDE
the smile of woman from whic
90. man gets so much sunshine. Net
, here is the ruins of Fort Phil karne
- and nearer still Massacre Hill.
/ visited both, but space forbids a d
= scription, more than TO say that c
=, Massacre Hill the Sioux Indian
-, killed 90 soldiers and six teamste
80 in less than 10 minutes.