What to see in America . nces hollowedthem so that now ablue lake lies withinthe rock rims. Glacier Park con-tains about ninetyglaciers, ranging insize from those a few acres in extent to Blackfeet Glacierwith its three square miles of ice. Not only is BlackfeetGlacier the largest, but it is one of the most accessible,and it exhibits in fine development the leading characteristicsof glaciers. Taken as a whole these glaciers are particularlynoteworthy for their splendid setting in the recesses of themighty mountain ranges. The park, with its snow and ice,its picturesquely modeled peaks, its gig
What to see in America . nces hollowedthem so that now ablue lake lies withinthe rock rims. Glacier Park con-tains about ninetyglaciers, ranging insize from those a few acres in extent to Blackfeet Glacierwith its three square miles of ice. Not only is BlackfeetGlacier the largest, but it is one of the most accessible,and it exhibits in fine development the leading characteristicsof glaciers. Taken as a whole these glaciers are particularlynoteworthy for their splendid setting in the recesses of themighty mountain ranges. The park, with its snow and ice,its picturesquely modeled peaks, its gigantic precipices, itsrounded valley floors adorned with ferns and flowers andslender pines, and its romantically lovely two hundred andfifty lakes, is an American Switzerland. The lakes have onephase of alikeness — each is in a basin surrounded whollyor in part by towering rock walls. The deep vividly blueSt. Marys Lake is declared to be the most beautiful moun-tain lake in America. A little steamer takes tourists from. Mt. Gullu, Glacier Park 350 What to See in America the highway ten miles to the head of the lake, where areseveral lofty peaks, the highest of which, as named by theIndians, is the Face-of-Sour-Spirit-Who-Went-Back-to-the-Sun-After-His-Work-was-Done. The whites have short-ened this name to Going to the Sun Mountain. Accordingto a Blackfeet legend. Sour Spirit descended from the suna long time ago, and taught the tribe how to shoot straightwith the bow and arrow, how to build comfortable tepees,and how to slaughter many buffalo at a time. Then, beforereturning to the sun, he chiseled the likeness of his face onthe granite crest of Going to the Sun Mountain for an in-spiration to the tribesmen. The park is the haunt of the mountain goat, one of thebravest and hardiest of hoofed animals, whose expertnessas a crag-climber is unsurpassed. Here also may be foundin their native haunts grizzly and black bears, elk, moose,deer, and bighorn sheep. Occasionally the track
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