. Buffalo land: an authentic account of the discoveries, adventures, and mishaps of a scientific and sporting party in the wild West; with graphic descriptions of the country; the red man, savage and civilized; hunting the buffalo, antelope, elk, and wild turkey; etc., etc. ... The appendix comprising a complete guide for sportsmen and emigrants. tone poised on a solitary pillar,and strangely resembling the plant from which itis named. As the professor informed us, we wereon the eastern shore of a once vast inland ocean,the bed of which now forms the plains. Sachemthought the rock might be a p
. Buffalo land: an authentic account of the discoveries, adventures, and mishaps of a scientific and sporting party in the wild West; with graphic descriptions of the country; the red man, savage and civilized; hunting the buffalo, antelope, elk, and wild turkey; etc., etc. ... The appendix comprising a complete guide for sportsmen and emigrants. tone poised on a solitary pillar,and strangely resembling the plant from which itis named. As the professor informed us, we wereon the eastern shore of a once vast inland ocean,the bed of which now forms the plains. Sachemthought the rock might be a petrified toad-stool, ona scale with the gigantic toads which hopped aroundin the mud of that age of monsters. The professorthought it was fashioned by the waters, in theireddyings and washings. Subsequent examinations showed this entire regionto be one of remarkable interest to the few miles east of Mushroom Rock, near Bavaria,as we learned from the conductor, human foot-printshad been discovered in the sandstone. The pro-fessor, who had long ascribed to man an earlier ex-istence upon earth than that given him by geology,was greatly excited, and at his earnest request, whenthe down train was met, we returned upon it to Ba-varia. That place we found to consist of two buildings,each serving the double purpose of house and store,. MUSHROOM ROCK,On Alum Creek, near Kansas Pacific R. R.—From a Photograph.
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