THE }yYOMING FOSSIL FIELDS EXPEDITION 453 



a shallow iron pot with a tight- fitting lid, that can be j^laced upon 

 <3oals and also covered with them. I'he meals were served in " cow- 

 boy " style — -i.e., the whole of the food being c(^oked, it was arranged 

 about the fire to keep warm, and each man, when the meal was called, 

 took his plate, cup, etc., and helped himself, usually sitting on the 

 ground to eat. 



Not all who had accepted the invitation of the Union Pacific Rail- 

 road Company joined the main expedition. Representatives from 

 the Kansas Universit}^ the Carnegie Museum, and the Field Colum- 

 bian Museum went immediately to the dinosaur fields. The North- 

 western University and William Jewell College parties hired teams 

 iind drivers and did their own cooking and camp work, while the 

 Wheaton College party purchased a team and wagon and did its own 

 driving and camp work. The three i)arties last mentioned were, 

 however, with the main expedition most of the time for 20 days. The 

 latter was composed of 86 men, but when the three semi-independent 

 l^arties were present there was a total of 102 men. 



The first day's march was to have been 20 miles, but through a mis- 

 understanding on the part of the leading team it was extended to 

 25 miles, when camp was pitched near an alkali pond. It was very 

 late; tents were put up with some difficulty, and supper was eaten 

 xifter dark. It was an unpleasant begiiming, and many felt it keenly. 



On the following morning the head cook did not have to call " roll 

 out" at 5.30, as he did in the days that followed. All were up by 

 sunrise, and some even earlier, especially one, who, owning a Win- 

 chester, went to the pond before daybreak and, shooting at some ducks, 

 sent a bullet singing over the camp. At breakfast there were many 

 amusing discussions, which were continuall}' interrupted by such 

 •questions as, " How did you sleep ? " "' Was your bed soft ? " and other 

 interrogatories relating to the new experience. Those who are unac- 

 customed to sleeping in tents or in the o[)en air seldom sleep at all 

 the first night out. 



The second day's march was a very short one, and licfore noon the 

 wagon train was winding down the old (u)vernment ti-ail to Cooper 

 ■Creek Crossing, where Camp No. 2 was established. Here tiiere were 

 shade, an abundance of good water, and, l)est of all, some fossilif(>rous 

 bands of sandstone. r>uncheon was served, an<l vwvy man in caiiip 

 armed himself with pick, ax, hamm(;r, shovel, and sack, and hunicd 

 across the valley to a l)hi(r less tlian lialf a^ inih' away, whci'c inver- 

 tebrate fossils were to he found in ahundancr. 1 n a shoi1 t inie the 



