The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1922-08-05
DinsmOre Has Lively
Time In Yellowstone
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out it was 1920 before | got the
horses packed and hit the trail.
The boys went on ahead and we
only overlook them at the Petri-
fed Trees some 8 miles up the
road.
When we reached the ranger
station at Camp Roosevelt it was
too late in the day to hope to
reach good camp further on so
we tracked eff to the old Yancy
Ranch and, crossed the bluff to
Elk Creek. Here we found good
feed for the horses and convenient
wood and water for our own camp.
The boys were tired, lame and
hungry, HUNGRY. / wish some
Of the mothers who may think
their boys notional as to "eats"
could see them break Jumps of
dry bread, put on the butter and
eat it before preparations for a
real meal can be made.
Here again we made camp in
the open using our tents to soften
the ground. 1t was pitch dark at
that before we were through sup
per and our beds laid down.
Ae we were short of hobbies
and picket ropes | was much con-
cerned for our horses here and not
without reason as it turned out.
A ranger at Mammoth had showed
the boy wrangler how to put on a
gunny sack hobble and as had
my hands full with other things |
did not concern myself with this
job. Away late in the night |
heard the bell horse go out of
hearing and located the direction.
AS soon as we could see in the
morning, with two saddle horses
we had picketed, the boy wrangler
and / started after them. Up the
creek past a wonderful beaver
dam in the pond of which we saw
the little lumbelmen at work, we
followed the trail some two miles,
where we found three of the pack
horses which were hopping along
in their hobbies not on the trail of
the faster moving one that had
shed his gunny sack. We fol-
lowed on to The point where they
reached the auto road convinced
from the appearance of the trail
that they were travelling fast. |
left it and went to Lower Fall
ranger station and telephoned. To
make long story short, ranger
returned them to our camp at
night fall having found the same
II miles back on the road.
This meant a day lay-over, a
very gratifying change to the
saddle-sore party. Most of the
boys preferred to rest in camp.
With Gage and Lakey | went to
the Yellowstone river three miles
over the Bluffs and caught trout
supper. One member of the party
got his limit and others were
taken, so they had full feed
chat night.
On the way over we saw 10 an
telopes, the first | have ever seen.
They raced from swell to swell
of the prairie ahead of us for more
than mile.
After batting the horses that
night we run them into an old log
corral at the Yancy place to make
sure of them the following morn
ing.
BY getting up before 5 we
succeeded in getting away at $50
al da wonderful days trip we had.
We followed by trail from Lower
Falls much the route of the Wash
burn-Doan party which discovered
the Pass in 1869. Passing over
the eastern ridge of the noun
tains named in honor of Wash
burn we reached the canyon at
q point about 5 miles below the
falls and followed along its banks
to the ranger station where we
went into camp for the night.
In spite of the hard work in
volved it is gratifying to me to
have been able to handle the out
fit for this Is mile trip without
Our beds, tents, personal
effects and food were hauled on
four horses. Not a pack had to
be re-made on the trip and the |
horses backs are all in good shape
this morning and this in spite OF
the fact that if has been 13 years |
since l have done any serious !
packing. | had to try twice be-
fore | could get "the Diamond |
Hitch"
Enroute at Lower Falls We saw
m old bear and two cubs.