Hunting at High Altitudes 



quarter of a mile above and 115 feet clear cascade. 

 A few miles further on we passed near the camp 

 where McCartney had buried his friend, and 

 thence out into the prairie, 29 extending to the mud 

 geysers up stream, and away to the dividing ridge 

 between the Yellowstone waters and Fire Hole 

 waters the head of Madison River. The depth 

 of the snow and other circumstances determined 

 me not to go further toward Yellowstone Lake, for 

 the lake was no novelty, and we would see many 

 geysers on the route chosen to the Lower Geyser 

 Basin, crossing the divide at the head of Alum 

 Creek. Passing through a good deal of snow, we 

 camped in the Alum Creek group of geysers, at the 

 head of that creek. The most interesting sight in 

 this group was a jet of steam passing up through 

 waters of the creek, making a noise similar to that 

 of the blower of a locomotive. 



The night was clear and cold, freezing water to 

 an inch depth. We slept in comfort and awoke 

 with a dense fog enveloping us, caused by the 

 steam of the spluttering geysers. 



On September 17 we climbed the mountain to 

 the Pass of Mountains, beyond which is the water- 

 shed of the Fire Hole River. Up to this time we 

 had been constantly on the lookout for Indian sign, 

 and especially on the qui vive for the band of 



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