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miles 



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East and northeast of Tyhee the old flood plain of Snake River 

 terminates against a bluff about 40 feet high, from the top of which 

 the land rises gently in long slopes to the hills made of upturned Paleo- 

 zoic rocks^ more or less covered with lava. The gently sloping bench 

 lands are themselves composed of marls, sandstone, conglomerate, 

 volcanic ash, and lavas. These deposits are geologically very young, 



formations 



over many 



probably Phocene. They cloak the 

 square miles. 



Three gray stone buildings with red roofs east of the track belong 

 to a boarding school for Indian boys and girls, where the ISO pupils 



are given mstruction m practical matters relating to farm lii 

 as the ordinary academic courses. 



Fort Hall is the headquarters of the superintendent of the 1 

 Indian Reservation and the enizineers on the reclamation 



Fort Hall. 



Elevation 4,458 feet. 

 Population 1,672.* 

 Ogden 146 miles. 



The Indian women seen here are dressed in blankets 

 and moccasins, and the men in semicivilized costume. 



mai 



the latest styles. 



Hall 



^ 



from 



which 



miles to the northeast, at the junction of the Missouri-Oregon and 

 Utah-Canada trails, by Capt. N. J. Wyeth and named for one of his 



fort that Dr. and IVIi^s. Marcus 



orio^inal 



partners. It was to 

 Whitman and Rev. and Mrs. H. H. Spaulding came in 1§ 

 way from Boston to missionary labors among the Indians 

 Theirs were the first wagons and Mrs. Whitman and Mrs 



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'a relative of the goMenrod, here and 



there give broad daahea of brilliant 



color. 



of nature nutritious bunch crrass 



I winter range. The mountain sheep is 

 also present in winter, and the mountain 



Beneath the sagebmsh in a state | goat is reported to have been met with. 



The great horn cores of the mountain 

 furnishes pasturage | sheep are occasionally to be seen bleach- 



where sheep have no 

 Where the plains are 



north of the Oregon Short Line Railroad 

 and especially in the 

 steptoes.Big, Middle, and Eastbuttes 

 much of the land is without sagebrush and 

 in the condition of a rolling prairie, which 

 supplies excellent winter pasturage. 



On the plains, more especially in the 

 broader portions in the vicinity of the 

 three prominent buttes that break their 

 monotony, big game is still to be found. 



Antelope roam over them throughout the 

 vear, while dppr nnr^ aR- finri *\^^^^ « ^^t^ 



among 



that is^, I Occasionally also the horns and bones of 



'the bison are found, showing that south- 

 em Idaho was within the former range of 

 that species. Besides the animals just 



mentioned, 



are 



and 



and 



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Ducks, geese, and other birds \isit the 



ponds 



ama, particularly 



Snake Eiver and on the west side of the 

 plain to the Lost River country. Grouse 

 of several species are common and smaller 

 birds are by no means rare. 



