. Jack in the Rockies; or, A boy's adventures with a pack train . les of water pour down theopposite sides of the mountains, some to the north,to find their way into the Firehole; others southtoward Snake River. Hugh followed the generaldirection of one of these water-courses, which con-stantly grew larger, and presently turned into one stillwider, whose sandy bottom was dotted with greatblocks of black lava. Hugh pointed out these to theboys, and said to them, Thats the stuff that inold times many of the Indians used to make theirarrow points from. It must have been a great articleof trade, f
. Jack in the Rockies; or, A boy's adventures with a pack train . les of water pour down theopposite sides of the mountains, some to the north,to find their way into the Firehole; others southtoward Snake River. Hugh followed the generaldirection of one of these water-courses, which con-stantly grew larger, and presently turned into one stillwider, whose sandy bottom was dotted with greatblocks of black lava. Hugh pointed out these to theboys, and said to them, Thats the stuff that inold times many of the Indians used to make theirarrow points from. It must have been a great articleof trade, for away up north of the boundary line Ihave seen little piles of chips of that black glass lyingon the prairie, where men have been making arrow-heads, and I know that there wasnt any of the rockwithin 400 miles. All along the valley of this dry stream was a beau-tiful park of gently rolling country, with timberedknolls and open grassy intervales. Some of the treeswere very large — two or three feet in diameter. It was early in the afternoon when they reached. L^flF1 • &•* k \ \ Mi^wM •T*, F »i • t•>• .1 . v4 J-mf
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