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  REPORT 
  UNITED 
  STATES 
  GEOLOGICAL 
  SURVEY. 
  

  

  the 
  conntry 
  prohibits 
  their 
  continuation. 
  They 
  dry 
  up 
  before 
  reaching 
  

   the 
  main 
  channel 
  of 
  the 
  Platte 
  River. 
  

  

  From 
  the 
  confluence 
  of 
  South 
  Platte 
  Foik 
  and 
  Tarryall 
  Creek, 
  the 
  

   river's 
  course 
  is, 
  for 
  a 
  distance 
  of 
  13 
  miles, 
  cafion 
  like 
  ; 
  not 
  absolutely 
  

   so, 
  for 
  in 
  many 
  places 
  it 
  is 
  bordered 
  by 
  moderately- 
  steep 
  hills 
  or 
  spurs. 
  

   Sometimes 
  the 
  steep 
  slopes 
  prevail 
  in 
  particular 
  only 
  on 
  one 
  side. 
  While 
  

   the 
  general 
  nature 
  along 
  this 
  stream 
  is 
  canon, 
  it 
  occurs 
  in 
  several 
  places 
  

   ■where 
  that 
  character 
  prevails 
  in 
  an 
  absolute 
  meaning. 
  One 
  of 
  these 
  

   places 
  is 
  between 
  the 
  intersection 
  of 
  the 
  two 
  wild 
  mountain-streams, 
  

   Lost 
  Park 
  and 
  Wigwam 
  Creeks. 
  For 
  12 
  miles 
  the 
  South 
  Platte 
  cannot 
  

   be 
  described 
  as 
  running 
  in 
  a 
  canon, 
  or 
  else 
  we 
  would 
  have 
  to 
  apply 
  that 
  

   term 
  to 
  every 
  defile, 
  narrow 
  or 
  wide, 
  in 
  the 
  whole 
  Eocky 
  Mountains. 
  

   In 
  many 
  places 
  that 
  character 
  exists 
  only 
  in 
  a 
  limited 
  sense, 
  and, 
  within 
  

   12 
  miles, 
  the 
  river 
  enters 
  but 
  three 
  times, 
  and 
  only 
  for 
  a 
  short 
  distance, 
  

   into 
  such 
  narrow 
  places 
  where 
  we 
  have 
  to 
  desist 
  from 
  following 
  the 
  

   stream. 
  1 
  have 
  seen 
  several 
  attempts 
  of 
  ranching 
  on 
  the 
  middle 
  portion 
  

   of 
  the 
  river 
  •' 
  near 
  Wigwam 
  Creek," 
  but 
  these 
  were 
  abandoned, 
  perhaps 
  

   on 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  very 
  rugged 
  approaches 
  on 
  all 
  sides, 
  which 
  make 
  

   wagon-road 
  communication 
  with 
  the 
  settlements 
  outside 
  the 
  mountains 
  

   very 
  difficult. 
  

  

  The 
  general 
  course 
  of 
  the 
  South 
  Platte 
  River 
  for 
  25 
  miles 
  down 
  to 
  its 
  

   junction 
  with 
  the 
  North 
  Fork 
  of 
  the 
  South 
  Platte 
  is 
  north 
  26° 
  east. 
  Nine 
  

   miles 
  below 
  the 
  entrance 
  of 
  Tarryall 
  Creek, 
  the 
  South 
  Fork 
  of 
  the 
  Platte 
  

   receives 
  Lost 
  Park 
  Creek 
  as 
  a 
  tributary. 
  Three 
  miles 
  below 
  that 
  Wig- 
  

   wam 
  Creek 
  enters, 
  and 
  but 
  three-fourths 
  of 
  a 
  mile 
  east 
  of 
  it 
  a 
  large 
  

   creek, 
  Manitou 
  Creek, 
  which 
  is 
  coming 
  from 
  the 
  southeast, 
  joins. 
  

  

  MANITOU 
  CREEK. 
  

  

  Manitou 
  Creek, 
  together 
  with 
  the 
  two 
  branches 
  of 
  West 
  Creek, 
  drains 
  

   quite 
  an 
  extensive 
  district, 
  amounting 
  nearly 
  to 
  200 
  square 
  miles. 
  This 
  

   district 
  comprises 
  that 
  area 
  which 
  lies 
  west 
  of 
  the 
  Front 
  Range, 
  com- 
  

   mencing 
  on 
  the 
  divide 
  of 
  the 
  latter, 
  from 
  near 
  that 
  pass* 
  which 
  lies 
  

   near 
  the 
  headwaters 
  of 
  Fontaine 
  qui 
  Bouille, 
  and 
  from 
  there 
  north 
  along 
  

   that 
  divide 
  to 
  39"^ 
  15', 
  or 
  to 
  a 
  point 
  east 
  on 
  a 
  line 
  from 
  where 
  Manitou 
  

   Creek 
  enters 
  the 
  South 
  Fork 
  of 
  the 
  Platte 
  River^ 
  

  

  The 
  western 
  line 
  of 
  this 
  drainage-district 
  would 
  be 
  somewhat 
  irreg- 
  

   ularly 
  shaped, 
  as 
  it 
  extends 
  about 
  from 
  a 
  point 
  north 
  of 
  Topnz 
  Butte 
  

   (near 
  Florissant) 
  in 
  a 
  curved 
  line, 
  first 
  in 
  northeastern 
  and 
  then 
  north- 
  

   western 
  direction, 
  and 
  also 
  down 
  to 
  its 
  junction 
  with 
  the 
  Platte 
  River. 
  

   The 
  southern 
  limit 
  lies 
  on 
  that 
  plateau, 
  8 
  miles 
  north 
  of 
  Pike's 
  Peak, 
  on 
  

   which 
  the 
  Colorado 
  Spring 
  and 
  South 
  Park 
  road 
  crosses 
  from 
  the 
  head- 
  

   waters 
  of 
  the 
  Fontaine 
  qui 
  Bouille 
  into 
  the 
  South 
  Platte 
  River 
  Valley. 
  

  

  The 
  largest 
  area 
  which 
  Manitou 
  Creek, 
  combined 
  with 
  West 
  Creek, 
  

   drains 
  lies 
  principally 
  west 
  of 
  the 
  Front 
  Range, 
  and 
  also 
  of 
  its 
  own 
  

   valley. 
  It 
  consists 
  of 
  a 
  high, 
  gently-rollii'g 
  plateau 
  country, 
  which 
  

   descends 
  softly 
  inclined 
  toward 
  north 
  and 
  into 
  the 
  Platte 
  River 
  Valley. 
  

  

  The 
  sources 
  of 
  Manitou 
  Creek 
  lie 
  about 
  8 
  miles 
  directly 
  north 
  of 
  

   Pike's 
  Peak, 
  and 
  are 
  composed 
  of 
  many 
  branches 
  which 
  come 
  partially 
  

   from 
  the 
  western 
  slope 
  of 
  the 
  Front 
  Rang'e, 
  but 
  principally 
  of 
  those 
  

   that 
  come 
  in 
  long 
  and 
  sometimes 
  rough 
  and 
  narrow 
  gulches 
  Irom 
  that 
  

   softly-descending 
  plateau 
  like 
  area 
  called 
  Hayden 
  Park. 
  

  

  * 
  This 
  pass 
  is 
  also 
  called 
  Ute 
  Pass. 
  This 
  uame 
  has 
  been 
  used 
  extensively, 
  firat., 
  for 
  

   the 
  pass 
  on 
  the 
  Williams 
  Range 
  leading 
  from 
  the 
  Blue 
  River 
  into 
  Williams 
  Valley; 
  

   second, 
  for 
  a 
  pass 
  leading 
  over 
  the 
  Puma 
  Hills 
  into 
  the 
  South 
  Park, 
  and, 
  tLiid, 
  lor 
  the 
  

   oue 
  above 
  mcuiioned. 
  

  

  