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Show J{O ' KY MO llNTA l N R 'l'NlWY. l la <' of' th , mountains-DNtl'born H,iver, ChPyenn ', and D •nv<>r - wt• Jinl no important muges of mo11nlain fl, only country of' the tm, typi('al pt·ail'i , or pla.ins. Then, as w pron•t>cl wrstwai·Ll- ns lit • pl'Ofi lt>H will Hhow- w pns · over range al't<•t· rang<', a monO' th • most lwau ti f11l mountain valley fot· 1,000 milt•. m mor • unti l we tlPioitoml n.lnw ·t abruptly, a~:; it .were, to thP shon•s of lltl' crrt•at Pa.<"ili Oc<·:tn. If wr> look at tiP map carefully Wl' ·hall al ·o R<'P thnt th<'l'' is a di sti n<"t line of ·ppamtion betwPPll tho SO li I' '(18 or th I wntP I'S tlmt Jl ow into the Pacili(' on the weHt t'iclP, and iut tl te Allantic on the l':t ·t. Thi i · c:tllPd the divitlo of' th gn•at wat-t>r t; lt Pcl of the co ntinent ; aml howpver m~>ande rin g it may lw, it is always so wPII dC' IinPcl t l1at it can ho Pasily t rn.ePd. vVu might ('Onl illlll' t li •.· I l'X:t lllinntiom; in 1·pgard to the proliles to an almost unlimit<·ll <' XIPnL ( wiLit si1nil:n n!tmlts), but we hnve said Pnough to lay lwfol'<' Olll' n·atll'r · a p; limp~(' of' lh<' l )('n,u ti f'ul plan of thl• ph yRi<'al wowth of our eon I i 11\'n t. \\'e think that wt• hav • shown thaL till' whol(' an•a west of tlu: i\Ji :-;Ki. ·ip]li mrty 11 re~ard Ptl :tR a vast plat<'an, nnd th:tt it was gradually l'IPralel1 by forcP opemling in thl' ini Prior of' th • (•arth, until t il t' cl'll,;t or thP lliOI'l' <\•ntml portion · was ·trained to its utmost b·nHion, and that tht•n l'Olll lllPIWPd thO lilll'' Of' f'metUI'l'1 Of p;1'Pittt>r or lt,i:lH t•Xtl' llt, :tiOno· wlli<"h the lofty rangPs, whi h, tak t>n <:ollt• ·li v(']y, now )1<tHi:l umler tl1e Jtamo ol' lh l' Ro ·ky Mon11tains, wnro ~:;l o wl y <·vol vPcl. t)o far ar; my obRer vnt.ions ha.vP extl•ndell - rtn<l thPy havP l w<•n mostly l\O tdin e< l to t lw t'<l.Htvrn mn gP~-t h <·r~ appear to bl• two well 1na.rked typt•s of' mounlain <>I Pv;~,tl on ., namel y, thos whir It havP a gntnilio nuelt• us, and form l ong ('OI1t~llll011S lilP Of fra 'htrl' with t'Olll[1:l.l'fttivt•Jy JittJl' iiH•qna.lity or outlnw, and those ranrre · which art• eontpo ·<'d of' <'I'HpiPd ro<· k s, and a l't' 1'<'l'Y ru~ged in their outline, and in 'gnlat· in tlH.' i1· b'P IHI. Tltl' Hl:u·k llill of Dakota, thl' 1110 t <'tt!:ltt't'll outliPr of' llw Ro<'ky [ountain;;. l ll'l'SPilL thl' . linu' ·t 1'l.l1 lo~ t 1·a t'1 0 11 of il1 e 1't rst tJ1w; llw L ammt.l ' rangt> (orBlackH1ll .s, •a stltl•y •a t·c• sO IIH' t'm ws ·l lllpl'Opl't'1 y eaiiPll ) Jtt•ar Cht:>yt' lllll' nnd tlte Big HOJ'lll"111 Cr(• '1 1'' ·I II t J 1 . • ,.., , " u .t so exee en · <'X<l.ll q1 l'H o f' t Iw .h. rs t : the 'wnas with tl · . ·. 1 , . . . ' 1 n .J.tgge( fl,tw -hk HTPgulat· ott l llll PI:l, of tlw last typ · ~t may not b ont of phtcl' here to ueserilH• bri<· lly sonw of t ltv nHmntatn rangt' •tlonrr tl • ·t 1 . ' n 1 cas 'I'll · OpP, whtch, at no <li Hlant day, wi ll 11 ttt·act the ath•ntion of th, l .. , 1 1 . . " l ctlt' •1·, <111< w!ll n •vpal to llim RO IIW of t il t' gl :tlld , ·t, as well as the t b . r· • mo l'alth ul form of 't'CIWt·y in the wol'ld. Cl EOCl ltA P II [(JAr.. Tl~t· tim• is not remote whPn it will he nonsi lt•t·t>d <t want of Pducation and gooll ta•tt>, that <til Amol'ic•an should ltn.v<• l:lougl1t the Alpino Monntain :-~ of Ct>ntml ·r<.:ui'Opo fot· beauti f'nl cenury, <t11<l IW" l •oted t lw fat· gm1Hlt·1· t•x ltibitions of wttUI'l'1 f:l ltandiwOl'k in !tis own eount ry. AH th ' multi t ntll's of river that wind like artPt'iP thi'Ough thP t:ountry and exl'avat' thr av nne' · I'OI' Oil I' miii'Oa<l :;, h:tv<' tlwi1· 1-lOllr 'PR in tho monntain mngt• · wt• ought at lP:u;t to giv • th ·m an ltonomhlt· mt•ntion in tllis ·onm•et ion. Tlw Bla k Hill · of Dakota an• I catt•ll lwtw<•Pn th • 4!3d and -t.)th th•gi'PPS of l:tl i t uclP, and J 03tl al]d LOiith pa1·alll•ls of longitudt •, ant l oc<"upy an an•a about 100 milPs in ll'ngth and Oo in breath. At:conling to tiPlll'ral \VatTl'n, t iH• lta.p of' thu lrHM:!f:l is ollipli eal, and tiP nla,jol' axi tr •1uls about 20 dt•<•Tt•es w<· t of' not·th. 'J'I te ha:p of LIH·Hl' hills i: from 2,600 to :-.l,ooo, ancl tit • hig hPi:lt j}ll:tk 0,700 t'eet abovp liH· ·t•a. Tit· whole mng' i l:l Pill bmc tl by th • fork of t lu 'hPyPniH' Ri vC' I' called th • north and 'Outlt br:tiH' hPl-l, wlli ·h unit-l:'d, consLiLu tt· tiH· 1110 ·L iiii}10I'btnt ·tt·l'ttlrl !lowing into tiH• Ali so ttri H.ivPI' from tit(• ·o tlth •idP. Thl' nortl1 hmnch pa Sl'S along tltl' norlhem ·id , of t lw mngt•, l't.' • 1v1ng Vt'I'Y many of its tributariPI:l antl 1110 ·t of it ' wah•t" f1·om it. hut takes itH ri se l'at· to tht Wl' ·t of I lw 1·ange. IH'tU tho sou reP of' Powcl~ l ' Riv!-'1', in lltu " di viU.e' b<>LWl'l'll t llo wa.l<'I'S of tho Y<· ll owl:l(OIIt' anl thosP of the Mit; ouri. Tlw tlOnth bmn ·h all:lo ri sl's ill tho R:tmt• <li\'idP, Jlowi11g along t ill' ·outht> t·n l>a ·o ol' the rangl', and a l ~:;o n·rPives num , rous tributarit>~ whi ·h ltave lltt>ir oun·<•fl in it. 'l'ltt> ·p two 111ain branches uni t<• about :Jo ntil · l'fl. t of llw BlaC'k Hill fl, forming tltl' Big lteyt•nne wlii!'lt Plllpti • into t h • i\Ji sr;o uri, n bout 00 nlilt· ahovp F'ort Ph•JTt'. 'l'ht· J\1 oreau, Hmll(l, 'ann on Ball, an< l otht•l' ri VI' I' llowi ng i nLo tilt• Mi ·soul'i north of tht• Cheyen ne aml south of tho Yt>llow tOll!', l'i i:lt' in a Jdglt 'l'prtin.ry llividt' north of tho Bl:wk Hill , tLild arP l'o1· LIH· g n ~atPr pat·L of tiH St'ason q ui tP hallow and someti uPs nPal'ly <h y, but th > LitllP Mis ouri lh>riws a portion of its wat<'I'S from tho Hhwk Hill througli a nuntht•t· of ·mall bmnelit•i:l wlti ·h llow from tlu ILO I'tli w<• tPJ'll sl opP. \Y thn ·ee that the B lack flill do not givp l'i e clil'l' •tly to nny in11 or tant ·trpam, if w • x' •pt t lu Litll Mil:l OLll'i, a f >w bmn ·lu•. oJ' |