. Diary of the Washburn Expedition to the Yellowstone and Firehole Rivers in the year 1870. nson and Langford. His efforts—in whichMr. Spalding had no part—to impeach the statement of these gen-tlemen failed utterly. Mr. Spalding, who was the first member ofhis party to reach the summit, writes: I believe that Mr. Lang-ford reached the summit because he says he did, and because thedifficulties of the ascent were not great enough to have preventedany good climber from having successfully scaled the peak, * * *and I cannot understand why Mr. Owen failed so many times beforehe succeeded. 54 Washb
. Diary of the Washburn Expedition to the Yellowstone and Firehole Rivers in the year 1870. nson and Langford. His efforts—in whichMr. Spalding had no part—to impeach the statement of these gen-tlemen failed utterly. Mr. Spalding, who was the first member ofhis party to reach the summit, writes: I believe that Mr. Lang-ford reached the summit because he says he did, and because thedifficulties of the ascent were not great enough to have preventedany good climber from having successfully scaled the peak, * * *and I cannot understand why Mr. Owen failed so many times beforehe succeeded. 54 Washburn Yellowstone Expedition of 1870. Following the trail of the advance party, we traveledalong the lake beach for about six miles, passing a numberof small hot sulphur springs and lukewarm sulphur ponds,and three hot steam jets surrounded by sulphur incrusta-tions. After six miles, we left the beach, and traveled onthe plateau overlooking the lake. This plateau was cov-ered with a luxuriant growth of standing pine and a greatdeal of fallen timber, through which at times considerable. SLATE SPECIMENS FROM CURIOSITY POINT. Slate Cup. Leg and Foot. difficulty was experienced in passing. A little way fromthe trail is an alkaline s])ring about six feet in came to camj) on the shore of the lake, after havingmarched fifteen miles in a southerly direction. We havea most beautiful view of the lake from our camp. Yester-day it lay before us calm and unruffled, save by the waveswhich gently broke upon the shore. To-day the winds lashit into a raging sea, covering its surface with foam, whilethe sparkling sand along the shore seems to form for it ajeweled setting, and the long promontories stretching outinto it, with their dense covering of pines, lend a charm- Washburn Yellowstone Expedition of 1870. 55 inc^ feature to the scene. Water never seemed so beautifulbefore. Waves four feet high are rolling in, and thereappear to be six or seven large islands; but we cannot becer
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