The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1912-06-13


the path.
A short distance futher on we passed
three more deer and their fawns.
When We finally got to camp oui
neighbor camper told Us that = beast
had. in spite of Brownie loud remonstr.
ance from beneath the wagon. climbed
in to our wagon and was helping him
self to our provisions when they reach
ed the wagon and drove him from his
supper.
The next day. the ninth. We layed
over to let our horses rest up. Tha,
evening went down to see the bears
again, and while on my way down had
4 rather queer adventure. Glancing up
on the road bank above me, beheld
a large black bear walking along at the
same pace as I. He was snarling anc
showing his white g!istening teeth at me
This frightened me and | began making
down the road at lively rate. but still
he continued to keep up with me. !
ran until out of breath and then was
forced to walk again. He seemed very
much pleased with my company for he
still kept uncomfortably near me and
continued to smile in his unpleasant
manner. He evidently wishes to pick
a quarrel with me. but as we neared
the buildings he seemed to change his
mind and turning gallopped away into
the forest, TO my great relief.
When at last arrived at the feeding
lot found seven black and brown bears
there. While was watching them
/ heard some one in the crowd say ''here
comes two of the galloping six.
Lookin around | saw two large grizzlies
coming across the field to the south of
US as hard as they could run. Two
women were sitting on the road side
between US and the swiftly approaching
bears. They did not see the bears nor
did the bears see them until they had
almost run over them. Then there was
a scattering, the women screamed ran
down the road while the bears ran up.
/ believe the former We're more scared
than the latter.
When the grizzlies finally got up to
the feeding grounds all the other bears
ran off except one, and he had his back
to the grizzlies.
The latter got with in few feet of
him before he saw them, but when he
did he sent tin-cans flying in every dir
ection and all most broke his neck get
ting away from these.
The morning of the tenth we started
early and followed the Yellowstone
River all morning. On our way through
Hayden Valley we saw geese, ducks,
pelicans, swans and some elk.
We also passed sulphur mountain,
mostly of sulphur covered with hot
springs and holes where steam comes
roaring out. Above this wepassed the
mud geysers. These look like great
pots of boiling mud.
We camped at the lake Junction and
after dinner rode up to the Lake Hotel
and Boat House. We also saw the
steamer out on the Yellowstone Lake.
This is the highest navigatable fresh
water lake in the world, its altitude be-
ing 8, $50 feet above sea level, 1t has
seme peculiar features; for instance, at
one time boat containing two men
capsized on its surface. One of the
men could not swim and contrary to all
laws Of nature, having once sunk be-
meath its surface, never returned to its
top again. And to this day no sign of
his body has ever been found.
In this lake there is an island of a
few yards in diameter, on which per-
son may stand and catch fish out of
the lake, aud then, turning around,
may stew it while still suspended On
the hook in hot spring that rises in
the center of the island.
From the Lake junction we took the
Cody road and reached Sylvan Pass the
next day at noon where we canped
After dime, we went through Syl-
van Pass. Here high Jagged needle like
peaks tower up on ea"h side of the
road. The gulches are lined with snow
drifts, and no sign of vegetation is
visible for it is above timberline.
After going through Sylvan Pass we
went down fifteen hundred feet in about
three miles. This is the steepest road
in the Park.
We stopped at at the soldiers garri-
son to get the seals taken off of ouI
guns. This garrison is on the Parks
east boundary, so this finishes my tril
through Wonderland.