Outing . ANTELOPE FEEDING ON THE ALFALFA FIELD IN THE PARK AT GARDINER, SADDLE AND CAMP IN THE ROCKIES 325 of having been shaken by a terrific earth-quake. Trees have been rolled under;crevasses fifteen feet deep have opened;high pressure ridges have formed; inlevel places ponds have been filled andother ponds formed; and the Gros Ven-tre River, at the foot of the slide, hasbeen pushed out of its old channel andagainst the base of a precipitous moun-tain opposite. The slide is indeed pushing againstthis other mountain, gradually raisingthe river and forming a lake above,where none
Outing . ANTELOPE FEEDING ON THE ALFALFA FIELD IN THE PARK AT GARDINER, SADDLE AND CAMP IN THE ROCKIES 325 of having been shaken by a terrific earth-quake. Trees have been rolled under;crevasses fifteen feet deep have opened;high pressure ridges have formed; inlevel places ponds have been filled andother ponds formed; and the Gros Ven-tre River, at the foot of the slide, hasbeen pushed out of its old channel andagainst the base of a precipitous moun-tain opposite. The slide is indeed pushing againstthis other mountain, gradually raisingthe river and forming a lake above,where none formerly existed. Above theriver gorge, formed by the slide on oneside and the mountain on the other, is alarge basin, and the prospect is that thisbasin will ultimately become a lake ofconsiderable proportions. The river isvery muddy below the slide, and onemorning while we were camped therewe found it had fallen nearly threeinches, the result of a large body of earthhaving been pushed into it by the slide. My route lay down the Gros Ventreto Slate Creek, thence up Slate Creek,
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