PART I. 



DESCEIPTIVE OF SPRINGS AND GEYSERS OF YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL 



PARK. 



CON'TEN'TS. 



Page. 

 Introduction r 65 



Section I. Springs on Yellowstone River Drainage 71 



Chap. I. Mammotli or WMte Mountain Hot Springs of Gardiner's River. 71 

 II. Springs of Yellowstone River below the Grand Falls, including 



theEastFork . 84 



III. Hayden's Valley Springs 90 



IV. Springs of Yellowstone Lake 112 



V. Pelican Creek Springs 120 



Section II. Springs on Madison River Drainage 124 



Chap. VI. Gibbon River Springs ^ 124 



VII. Lower Geyser Basin of Fire Hole River. 135 



VIII. Upper Geyser Basin of Fire Hole River 187 



IX. Third Geyser Basin of Fire Hole River 248 



Section III. Springs on Snake River Drainage 249 



Chap. X. Shoshone Geyser Basin 249 



XI. Heart Lake Geyser Basin 289 



XII. Hot Springs of Lewis Lake and Snake River 30O 



INTB D U CTION. 



Tlie Yellowstone National Park (or reservation^ as it may perhaps be 

 more correctly termed) lies mainly in the northwestern corner of Wyo- 

 ming, extending on the north and west into the Territories of Montana 

 and Idaho, which are adjacent. It is 55 miles by 65 miles, and includes, 

 therefore, 3,575 square miles or 2,288,000 acres. In connection with this 

 large area, the name "park" is perhaps misleading, as it is exceedingly 

 diversified, containing numerous parks, or open spaces, high mountain 

 ranges, and beautiful lakes. The name is not used in the way it is in 

 Colorado, meaning immense valleys or basins of approximately level 

 country, but is more nearly synonymous with "reservation" in this 

 place. 



John Colter or Coulter was probably the first white man who ever 

 saw any of the springs or geysers of this wonderful region. He was con- 

 nected with Lewis and Clarke's expedition, and on their return, in 180G, 

 left the expedition to go back to the headwaters of the Missouri to trap 

 and hunt. After a narrow escape from the Blackfeet Indians, he lived 

 for some time with the Bannock Indians, who ranged through the coun- 

 try in which the Park is located. In 1810 he returned to Saint Louis 

 and told wonderful tales of the region, which were not believed. " Coul- 

 ter's ETell" was the term afterwards applied to theregiou by hunters and 



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