. The Pacific tourist . nflowers, 7 to !) fwt high; as we travel fartherwest, they gradually dwindle until they are, inColorado, only ;i to 9 inches in height, the oddestlittle plant in nature, yet perfect in shape andgrowth. years yet to come, to be only the grazing-field ofthousands of buHalo or herds of cattle. Wateris scarce, irrigulion is inijiossible, rains uncer-tain, and in many parts the .soil is full of Mxlaand alkali. 1 he western march of settlementpractically ends at the one hundredth meridianof longitude—North Ilatte. ioniittH Iioneers, Indians and drivers, unite in the most thri
. The Pacific tourist . nflowers, 7 to !) fwt high; as we travel fartherwest, they gradually dwindle until they are, inColorado, only ;i to 9 inches in height, the oddestlittle plant in nature, yet perfect in shape andgrowth. years yet to come, to be only the grazing-field ofthousands of buHalo or herds of cattle. Wateris scarce, irrigulion is inijiossible, rains uncer-tain, and in many parts the .soil is full of Mxlaand alkali. 1 he western march of settlementpractically ends at the one hundredth meridianof longitude—North Ilatte. ioniittH Iioneers, Indians and drivers, unite in the most thrilling exclamations of theirdetestations of this, the meanest of the animaltribe that infest the Just after twilight,if you happen to be encamped on the {.lains. vouwill hear not far off the <piiek baikof a singlecoyote. This is the first call, the bugle cry. J henconie answei-s, and the paik of wolves assemiilerapidly; and just as daikness closes down, youliave but one enjoyment left, to listen to the most. Into this vast area of plains, which reachesfrom east to west 5l)() miles, and north to .) iniles, there can b(> poured nearly all thepopulation of Europe and Asia. Swallowing upby the thousands, the jilains, with open with insatiate aj^petite for more. Into thisarea can be put the whole of Inrliu. It is twiceas large as Ilindostan, and as larije as the wholeof the United .States east of Chicago. Agriculture is certain as far west as the threehundredth mile from the Missouri River; fromthence westward, to the immediate vicinity ofthe mountains, no croj>s can at present be reach of 200 miles or more is, for many dismal of howling matches. As each new comerarrives he is welcometl with a howl. Kach howlis short, and by the band there seems to be achosen few who execute them in proju-r manner,with all the variations. After tliese few havep«>rfonned some of their most strikint: airs, asilence of a few moments duration follo
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