. The Pacific tourist . d. The feet of the departed 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 theNorth Platte River, directly south oi Fort Fet-terman, and unite with the Medicine Bow Rangein northern Colorado, south-west from Peak and Reeds Peak, north of theLaramie Canon, are the highest peaks in thisrange. The waters which flow from them east ofthe Black Hills, and those which flow west
. The Pacific tourist . d. The feet of the departed 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 theNorth Platte River, directly south oi Fort Fet-terman, and unite with the Medicine Bow Rangein northern Colorado, south-west from Peak and Reeds Peak, north of 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 nortliern extremity, and then flows east-ward to the Missouri River. This range ofmountains, as before 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 minei-als are knownto exist. Iron is found in large INDIAN BURIAL TREE, NEAR FORT LARAMIE. ite groves, as many as eight or ten bodies Jiavebeen 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 the plains, and are peaceable,most invariably bury their dead in the ground—always, however, accompanied with such goodthings as he will need in his trips thereafter inthe new hunting-grounds. The Black Hills of Wyoming, and theMedicine JBow Banffe.—In going west, thefirst range of real mountains the traveler meetsAvith 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, and will some day bedeveloped. There has been talk of a railroadfrom Cheyenne with a branch to this mountain,but nothing has been done yet. In searchingfor a route f
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