. The Pacific tourist : Adams & Bishop's illustrated trans-continental guide of travel, from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean ... : a complete traveler's guide of the Union and Central Pacific railroads ... . )arted Indian areturned with care to the southward, for thitherresides the Great Spirit,—so the Indians say—and thither he is going. In some of their favor- Wyoming. They are really the first range ofthe Rockies. They begin at the valley of theiNortli Platte HiVer, directly south of lort Fet-terman, and unite with the Medicine Bow Rangein northern Colorado, south-west from
. The Pacific tourist : Adams & Bishop's illustrated trans-continental guide of travel, from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean ... : a complete traveler's guide of the Union and Central Pacific railroads ... . )arted Indian areturned with care to the southward, for thitherresides the Great Spirit,—so the Indians say—and thither he is going. In some of their favor- Wyoming. They are really the first range ofthe Rockies. They begin at the valley of theiNortli Platte HiVer, directly south of lort Fet-terman, and unite with the Medicine Bow Rangein northern Colorado, south-west from Reak and Reeds Peak, north ot theLaramie Canon, are the highest peaks in thisrange. The waters which flow from them east ofthe Black Hills, and those which flow west fromthe Medicine Bow Range, all unite in the NorthPlatte River, which describes a half circle aroundtheir northern extremity, and then flov\s east-ward to the Missouri River. This range ofmountains, as befoi-e stated, is crossed at Sher-man. They have not been prospected to anygreat extent for the precious metals, but gold,silver, copper, iron and other mineials are knownto exist. Iron is found in large INDIAN BURIAL TREE, NEAR FORT LARAMIE. ite groves, as many as eight or ten bodies havebeen found in a single tree. Another mode ofburial is to erect a scaffold on some prominentknoll or bluff. These customs are prevalentamong those Indian tribes which are most rov-ing, and live in the saddle. Foot Indians,those which inhabit ihe plains, and are peaceable,most invariably bury their d(^ad in the ground—always, however, accompanied with such goodthings as he will need in liis trips thereafter inthe new hunting-grounds. The Black Hills of Wyoming^ and theMedicine Bow Bange.—In going west, thefirst range of real mountains the traveler meetswith are what are called the Black Hills of About 18 miles north-east from Laramie is IronMountain, on the head of Chugwater Creek. Itis said to be nearly pure,
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