The chronicles of the Yellowstone : an accurate, comprehensive history of the country drained by the Yellowstone River--its Indian inhabitants--its first explorers--the early fur traders and trappers--the coming and trials of the emigrants : a full account of all expeditions, military and civil--the discovery of the geysers and wonders of the national park--fights with Sioux by wolfers, trappers and goldseekers--the Sioux War of 1876-77, in which General Custer was killed--Nez Perce War of 1877--the advent of the Northern Pacific and building of towns--the mineral and agricultural wealth--and
The chronicles of the Yellowstone : an accurate, comprehensive history of the country drained by the Yellowstone River--its Indian inhabitants--its first explorers--the early fur traders and trappers--the coming and trials of the emigrants : a full account of all expeditions, military and civil--the discovery of the geysers and wonders of the national park--fights with Sioux by wolfers, trappers and goldseekers--the Sioux War of 1876-77, in which General Custer was killed--Nez Perce War of 1877--the advent of the Northern Pacific and building of towns--the mineral and agricultural wealth--and future of the country . er of 1824 he went up the Yellowstoneto its head and trapped on that stream and the head ofSnake river till fall; then he went down the Fire Hole Forkof the Madison, on which the geysers are located, to theprairie. OLDEST INHABITANT. 15 In 1826 he took nearly the same trip. Each time he sawthe geysers and can yet describe them quite accurately. In 1840 he went to the Pacific coast, but returned to theterritory now known as Montana, in 1857, and lived andtraded with the Indians till the coming of the emigrants, andthen located land and built him a home for his old age. Mr. Ducharne has had many children by Indian women,many of whom are living near him now, and they range inage from hoary-headed manhood to the gentle girl of twelvesummers. We have no record of any more exploring parties formany years. Trappers followed up and caught furs onevery creek and fork of the rivers, but as they were illiteratemen and kept no record of their adventures and discoveries,their tales cannot be CHAPTER V. EXPLORATIONS OF KIT CARSON AND BRIDGER —SIR GEORGE GORES HUNTING EXPEDITION — REYNOLDS MILITARY EXPEDITION. KIT CARSON, Jim Bridger, Lou Anderson, Soos, andabout twenty others on a prospecting trip, came fromSt. Louis, overland, to the Bannock Indian camp on Greenriver, late in the fall of 1849. They fixed up winter quar-ters and stayed with these Indians ti
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