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other people had already been here, and had begun to 
build a monument on the summit? A second glance, 
however, served to show that the stone had been turned 
over by a bear in his search for mice. 
After the first hasty survey of the country, we sal 
down and smoked and talked, .and in a general way 
located all about us the different landmarks that we 
knew. There at our feet to the southeast was the 
Pumpelly Glacier, which we both had always believed 
ran down from the Blackfoot Glacier, but until now 
this had never been definitely ascertained. Mount Jack- 
son still cut off the view to the northwest, and Mount 
James that to the southwest, but in all the country near 
thereafreshhidepeggedoutonthegrass. Closer and clos- 
er we came, sometimes sliding down over the rough snow, 
and at length, when almost in camp, there, on the snow 
bank, close to the tent, was seen the hide of a harmless 
little porcupine; this, it was learned, was the game which 
had called forth the fusillade of the morning. 
The next day was as bright and balmy as its pre- 
decessor had been. Jack and I moved the horses from 
the place where they had gnawed down the scanty feed 
oyer to a bare spot among the snowbanks on the slope 
of Mount Jackson, where, if there was no grass, there 
was at least abundant green. Then we took a long 
round across the shoulder of Mount Jackson toward the 
Down the Wisconsin. 
In Two Parts — Part I. 
It has been my practice for a number of years to spend 
from one to three weeks of every summer with one or 
more companions boating down some small stream 
navigable for canoes, camping at night upon its shores, 
and fishing during the day, when humor prompted or 
our bill of fare demanded it. 
In this way I have exchanged certain weeks of time 
which must pass, whether I would or no, for a store of 
MOUNT KAINAH AND ICEFLOW BETWEEN MOUNTS KATNAIT AND JACKSON. 
us there was not except these two any mountain so 
high as the one we sat on. ^Far away to the north, ly- 
ing somewhere near the Waterton Lakes, were two great 
mountains, which in previous years we had called Mount 
Cleveland and Mount Hoke Smith. They were mighty 
masses, but too far off for much to be known about their 
height. The spirit level, when used, showed Mount 
Jackson to be very slightly higher than the Black- 
foot Mountain, and Mount James not so high as Jack- 
son, but perhaps a little higher than Blackfoot. All 
the other mountains were, as Jack remarked, "mere 
holes in the ground." 
Two or three hours were devoted to determining by 
means of prismatic compass the relation of Blackfoot 
Mountain to its neighbors, and to entering in the note 
book such observations as seemed worthy of record. Then 
rather regretfully we started down. The crest of the 
shoulder where we had rested on our way up was reached 
Gunsight Pass. Down at these lower levels there was 
some life to be seen — tiny brown butterflies were flying 
about the flowers; we heard the occasional shriek of a 
mountain marmot, voicing his suspicions of the strange 
animals which have invaded his territory; here and there 
in the snow banks were the tracks and feathers of the 
white-tail ptarmigan. In a little fir tree in a ravine 
which we crossed a pair of bridled titmice had their 
nest, and were tremendously busy with housekeeping 
cares. Among the rocks and on the snow field higher 
up were frequent pairs of gray crowned finches, which 
the field glass, often brought up to within a few feet of 
the eye. 
Passing over the shoulder of Jackson, we rounded a 
little point of rock and saw before us, 200yds. away, a 
mighty ram, slowly picking his way over the snow. 
Before he had seen us we had sunk out of sight, and for 
half an hour we sat there on the warm rocks and 
pleasant experiences, the memory of which is and always 
will be a delight. 
Little rivers have been given the preference for our 
trips, because they offer so many more charms to the 
boating tourist than larger streams. I like to be able 
to distinguish the vegetation on either bank at a glance, 
or to note the small bird and other life without chang- 
ing the course of the boat. 
An occasional portage around some dam or other 
obstruction must be made, which would be avoided on 
a larger stream; but it is so much easier to select a suit- 
able camping place, when yoti have a nearby view of 
both sides of the stream, that we always like the upper 
waters of our rivers best. A number of streams in 
Indiana, Illinois and Michigan have been explored in 
years gone by, but this time we concluded to go further 
afield and try one in Wisconsin. It is very difficult to 
get the information you require in order to determine 
CROSSING A SNOW FIELD, MT. JACKSON IN BACKGROUND. 
MT, JACKSON, WITH MORAINE IN FOREGROUND. 
without incic-ent, and here again we stopped to rest. 
As we sat there looking over the country below us, what 
Seemed like half a dozen fleas dashed out from a rocky 
rib of Mount Kainah over the ice, and then turned 
and moved back again. '"Look at the sheep," cried Jack, 
and thereafter we watched these tiny black dots playing 
about on the edge of the snow field like so many pup- 
pies. We looked down on them for quite a long time 
and at length the sheep returned to the rocks and lay 
down. Hardly had they done this, when uo the steep 
rock walls which overhung Pinchot's Basin, at the head 
of Harrison Creek, an old goat clambered and started 
along the rocks to come up toward us. But he was a 
long way off, and the sun was beginning to fall toward 
the western horizon, so presently we got on our feet and 
started down over the rocks. At length we reached 
the glacier, passed on over that, and after a long descent 
came in sight of the camp. 
Here our comrade was seen moving about near the 
tent, but no red meat gleamed on any tree, nor was 
watched him. Jack lamented that we had no gun, and 
expatiated on his probable fatness and tenderness; while 
I declared that he was probably thin in flesh, tough and 
stringy, and at this time of the year strongly flavored 
with garlic. After a time the ram lay down in the shade 
of a great rock 500yds. away, and we arose and pursued 
,our course. At this the sheep too got up, and made 
good time toward the summit of Mount Jackson. 
Several hours later we saw, far off, seven more sheep 
lying down on a grassy meadow at the very summit of 
the Continental Divine, and it was true of all the game 
we saw, except , the big ram — which had just been down 
to the water— that .they were as high up as it was pos- 
sible for them to get. Of course, the flies and mos- 
quitoes accounted for this. We reached 
afternoon and found that the artist had 
tive study of Mount Jackson. 
The next day we packed our goods on the horses 
and set out again for the prairie. 
Geo. Bird Grinnell. 
camp late that 
made an effec- 
upon the right stream; there are several features we con- 
sider absolutely essential : clear and at times rather swift 
water, gravelly or rocky bottom, and occasional "riffles" 
or rapids. Of course, we expect to encounter in a hun- 
dred or two hundred miles of boating all sorts of con- 
ditions, but we also want a reasonable quantity of the 
attractions enumerated above. I wrote to several parties 
and had as many different streams recommended, but 
finally settled upon the upper Wisconsin, principally 
because your genial Chicago editor, Mr. E. Hough, who 
is a recognized authority on all sports of the field, be- 
sides having a most charming literary style of his own, 
wrote me that I would find "riffles and rapids a plenty" 
on the Wisconsin, if that was what we were after. Our 
party for this trip consisted of four persons, Professor 
B. and a couple of college freshmen, T., of Ann Arbor, 
and R., of Yale, and lastly the writer. 
I said the party consisted of four, but there was an- 
other who may have to be mentioned further on, and to 
whom I will give a place here: Sancho, a rough-haired 
