206 ILLUSTRATIONS. 
PLATES. 
Puate I. Relief jhowing surface feat f the western part of the United 
af. ae ‘‘Laughing Water” 
III. A, Valley City, N. Dak., from the ‘‘high nt B, The “‘high line” 
across the valley of Sheyonne River, N. D 
IV. A, Badlands in the vicinity of Mandan, N. as B, Cracks produced 
he burning of a bed of lignite 
. A; B, Erosion forms of North Dakota 
VI. A, Silicified stump in Pyramid Park, N. Dak.; B, The ages of the 
pat ttleship,’’ one of the buttes of Pyramid Park, N 
VII. A, ite of the badlands of North Dakota; B, A bed of a 15 feet 
in the canyon of Little Missouri River, N. Dak 
Viil. © z Views of the badlands of North Dakota 
IX. A-D, Views of the badlands of North Dakota and Montana.......... 
X. The great Triceratops, which in Lance time roamed through the for- 
ests of Montana and North Dakota 
XI. A, Bluffs of Lance formation on Yellowstone River west of Hysham, 
Mont.; B, Fossil palm leaf of Eocene age found near Hysham, 
ont 
XII. A, B, Views in the sh f Montana 
XIII. A, Pompeys ae Mont., , as seen from the Northern Pacific Rail- 
way; B, Inscription made by Capt. Clark on Pompeys Pillar, 
July 25, 1806 
XIV. Emigrant Peak, the sentinel guarding the northern approach to 
Yellowstone Park 
XV. Rocky gateway which Rock Creek has cut through the Madison 
limestone below Chestnut, i ont 
XVI. View looking west from H it, Mont 
XVII. Silver Bow Canyon, Mont 
XVIII. Cliffs of Madison limestone at Lombard, Mont 
XIX. A, Summer camp of the Flathead Indians, a familiar scene in the 
Jocko Valley, Mont.; B, Glacier on the north slope of McDonald 
Peak, Mont... 
XX. View down Flathead River from Knowles, Mont.................--- 
XXI. Cabinet Gorge, Idaho 
XXII. A, White Bluff of the Columbia, 20 miles above Pasco, Wash.; B, 
oluinnne lava at Cactus siding, 5 miles south of Connell, Wah - 
XXIII. Mount aon as seen from the Northern Pacific trains near Toppen- 
ish, W; 
aly. A, seta Canyon, Wash.; B, Columnar andesite near Yakima 
‘Canyon, W 
XXV. Beautiful Lake Keechelus, W ash 
XXVI. The almost impassable tangle of a Washington forest 
XXVII. Mount Rainier, ‘‘monarch of the Cascades, ” as seen Sg the boule- 
vard on the shore of Lake Washington, Seattle, W: 
