What to see in America . some years. They set out Sep-tember 6 from Diamond City on the Missouri River, fortymiles from Helena, and in the thirty-six days before theyreturned saw the Yellowstone Falls and many of the otherattractive and marvelous features of the country. A party of nineteen went to the region the next were nine civilians from Helena, a small military escort,and two packers and two colored cooks. They had thirty-five horses and mules, and altogether the outfit made quitean imposing cavalcade. It was very successful in its ex-ploring, but on September 9, while travers
What to see in America . some years. They set out Sep-tember 6 from Diamond City on the Missouri River, fortymiles from Helena, and in the thirty-six days before theyreturned saw the Yellowstone Falls and many of the otherattractive and marvelous features of the country. A party of nineteen went to the region the next were nine civilians from Helena, a small military escort,and two packers and two colored cooks. They had thirty-five horses and mules, and altogether the outfit made quitean imposing cavalcade. It was very successful in its ex-ploring, but on September 9, while traversing the laby-rinths of fallen timberbetween the projectingarms of YellowstoneLake on its south side,Mr. Everts, fifty-fouryears of age, becameseparated from his com-panions, and was forcedto spend the nightalone. In the morninghis horse escaped fromhim and was never seenagain. On the horsewere nearly all his eyeglasseswere lost or broken so that he could see only a Kepler Cascades, Yellowstone. 374 What to See in Ameiica short distance. The most valuable thing left in his pocketswas a little field glass. He was one hundred and fifty milesfrom home, without a blanket or a fire, in so high an altitudethat there were severe frosts every night. For two days hewas without food, and then he discovered a kind of thistle that had a radish-like I root which proved to be edible and wholesome. Thereafter he tried to li^JS^^^^ •*^I^BFI^-. always have a supply ^<fe—^*?i^^ ^^^ ^^^ **^ \vith him. One night a mountain lion cameprowling toward le hastily climbed a tree,and the animal wanderedhowling about the basefor a long time. Whenit finally went away came down halfdead with stiffness andcold. Once, in the midstof a bleak snowstorm thatwhitened the earth, a little benumbed bird fell into hishands, and he at once killed and ate it. He stayed sevendays beside a small lake in a deep valley surrounded bylofty mountains. There were hot springs in
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