330 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



Whitewood Creek, at Deadwood, is ruined by the tailings from the 

 numerous stamp mills. No iish are now found in it, but in pools along 

 the creek we found many young suckers. 



Chicken Creek is a small stream rising north of Crow Peak and after 

 flowing north about 4 miles empties into Redwater Creek near Gam- 

 mon's ranch. It is a small stream that has (ait out a narrow channel G 

 to 10 feet deep in the loose soil through which it flows. The bottom is 

 very muddy in most places. Average width near Gammon's ranch 2 

 feet, depth 10 inches, current l.' ? feet per second, temperature, October 

 8, 57°. 



Sand Creek rises about 8 miles southwest of Beulah, Wyo., and flows 

 northeast, joining the Kedwater a few rods below Beulah. The bed of 

 this creek is of coarse gravel, the banks are 1 to 15 feet high and are 

 composed chiefly of very red clay. Along the banks are a few willows 

 and cottonwoods. Near Beulah the stream measured 17 feet wide, 14 

 inches deep, and flowed nearly 4 feet per second. The temperature at 

 3.30 p. m., October 8, was 55°. No vegetation was seen in the stream 

 except in the quiet water above a dam. 



The South Fork of the Cheyenne River rises in east-central Wyoming, 

 flows east through southwestern South Dakota until it joins the North 

 Fork, or Belle Fourche, then northeast and joins the Missouri. This 

 river was examined at Cheyenne Falls, October 17, 1892, and again July 

 28, 1803; and at Edgemont, October 19, 1892, and again July 27, 1893. 

 Measured at the ford, just below the mouth of Fall River, October 17, 

 Cheyenne River was 100 feet wide, 2 feet deep, and flowed 3£ feet per 

 second. There had been recent rains and there was a much larger 

 volume of water than usual. At Cheyenne Falls the river forms two 

 separate falls, the upper and the lower, the distance between them 

 being about 250 feet. These falls are formed by ledges extending 

 obliquely across the river, and the vertical descent in each is about 10 

 feet. At the time of our visit, in October, considerable water was flow- 

 ing over, on account of recent rains. The ledges are quite irregular 

 and the water pours over at several disconnected places. The tempera- 

 ture October 17 was 47° at noon, when the air was- 58°. On July 28 

 the water temperature was 75°. The water Avas very muddy and 

 strongly alkaline. All the fishes obtained were so bleached as to be 

 almost colorless. The characteristic fishes of this place were found to 

 be Woturus flavus, Moxostonia, Hybognathus, and Platygobio. 



At Edgemont, on October 19, this river was less than 20 feet wide and 

 5 inches deep, with a current of 1 foot per second. At !> a. m., when 

 the air was 49°, the water was 39°. The channel of the stream here, 

 as elsewhere, is much wider than the stream itself. The bed is of sand 

 and yellowish or whitish clay, and is constantly shifting. The changes 

 that had taken place since 1892 were very noticeable. The banks of 

 Cheyenne River are usually of pale-colored clay and are ordinarily but 

 a few feet high. The flood-plain is here from a few rods to a mile in 

 width. The region through which the stream flows is a prairie country 



