THE OVERLAND EOUTE COUXCIL BLUFFS TO OGDEIN^. 67 



grazing areas as effectively as if they owned every acre of them. In 

 recent yeare the Government has attempted to break up this practice 

 by creating pubhc water reserves which are open to the nse of all 

 comers, thus giving the small stock grower an equal chance wdth his 

 more powerful rival. 



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_ the numerous tribes. To the north were 

 the Shoshones or Snakes, to the northeast the Crows, and to the south 



-his territory 



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battle ground of all. In 1906, when the T 



the reservation in northeastern Utah and ranged northeastward across 



Wyoming, they held a great antelope rou ^. _._ , „.^_., 



fonning in genuine Indian style a great circle of riders which gradually 

 drew in until the frightened antelope were concentrated in the center 

 and killed. About 400 Indians took part in this round-up. Although 

 they traveled several hundred miles from their reservation, and 

 although it required a regiment of United States troops to awe them 

 mto surrender, no one was killed. 



Wamsutter, formerly cuUed Washakie, is a division point on the 

 railroad. It is the site of old Fort Washakie, built for the protection 



Wamsutter. 



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shone and Arapahoe Indians. Three deep wells have 



omaha^^i miies^*' bceu sunk to Water here by the railway company-, the 



deepest boring going down 1,900 feet. The coal 



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face, and those in the midifferentiated Tertiary at several lower 

 levels. The color and lithologic character of the beds penetrated 



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tiary beds. Similar beds were struck in a well 1,115 feet deep at 

 Ked Desert station, 9 miles west of Wamsutter, 



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miles 



pment known 



upper part of the Wasatch group. To the right is an 

 ^^ ^"" luiintemipted view of the Green Mountains, more 



SS'^r'Stf '' ^^^^ ^0 ^^^^ ^^^^y- I^ the distance toward the 



northwest may also be seen the Lcucite Hills. Toward 



the west is a conspicuous dark-colored knob called Black Butte, which 



has served as a prominent landmark since the days of the earUest 



pioneers. 



rocks 



,sm, nave Here ag 



The softer layers have been eroded away faster than the harder ones. 



