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Show 20 JtOCKY MO TAIN RCF.N I.;RY. tlw pr s n t tn. n his orr ra< ve i con ·ickn•cl a R:L<TC'd RpoL by Ute Omahas, w I1 0 maIw .rr cqtle. nt vi ·it to tho llhC. <' :tn. d. ofl",< ',l" S.: tnifitC'S or tob:t('C. 01 1. 1 l et ''JliiTlllllition t>LO to h1R Hjlll'lt. lltPII' }Wl'S1' 11t l'('H('I'V:t( JOH lWIH R, scar , ... ' ·' . . . · . in ·ludl'S thiR hill, and iH Olll' or tlt' III OI:!t· dC'lrghtful )lOI'LIO_IIH or Nelm~HlGJ. No sign or Lhe rrrave ·an HOW lw S('C il frolll the r~n·r, and llllil'~R- pornl~·c l out by sonw on(> acquaintl-d with tlu• rountry, 1t wonld bo drfheuH for th ~;tlranger lo dl'tcrmin tlw spot." . . . . . . i\lon tlw bank or the MisROlll'l Rtl'('l' on thrs 1'l'HP IT:LL1 011 IS a lofly c• ·carpm< nt of yellow, rottrn <·oars<•-g-ra.inctl s:wdstc1nr, so l~t t't iII IPS mliPd halk Bluff , from their whitislr ('.h:tlky ap]lt':tmnel' 111 t.he dr stnne<•. They ru·<· from JOO to 150 fr•t in h P i ~ ht, an~l n.bo11t lralr ~~~~ Y ."ll ' o1· :tL INti:\L liO frot above tl1• wntcr, :tncl a ' llllll'h from thC' top of thiH Jll'l']ll'll di ·ular wall, aro earv •tl oul nttllt(' I'OIIS lntlian lti \• t·ogi.)']Jhies, aH pipl'S, rano • , var·ious kinds of aninral s, rucl<' n•pn•sPntat ions or lit\' lnd in JJ ,' Lhc•nr:plve·, -tc. The• que\ Lion aL OJI<'P arises wlto <"arved tlt{'i11 IH•n• I 'fh Indians, now living, annoL :l('<'OunL for tlrP tn, and ndl tit<' rock:-;, " MPtlieine," a. term wlrielr Llwy <qlply to n.l l tl1in~::; tltnt an• nr ys!t-rioiiH to thPnt. The character. (']o:Ply r •::;c•mlilP t.lroH<' 011 tlr!'ir I'OUI'f:! ll'orn at the prPS nt day, and :U' doubt} 'HH e111bl matit':d of HO ill (' iiiiJlOI'!allt ev nt in Tntlin,n hi lory. Th<•Ht' fi~un•s 111 n ·t have U<'l' ll earn•d li <' l'l' 11r:tny crnLmic ag , when thnl}JOI'!ion of tlw PHC'<l.l']llltPnL wn::; ac·e<•ssihle from bene<Lth, in a wa,y all Lmce of whic·lr has bPen Pfl"ac·P<.l by t.ltc• wn.t {'r ; f:!imilnr· ones are still to be sm•n in ot.ltt•r l ocalilirs, <'Hl wc ially in Lite mountains. A small creek which llowH into liH' Mi ·so 11l'i, a fhv lttiiPs lwlow lhc ' Running '\Val<'r " ltaH <Ul ln<li a11 nalllo whirh Hignifi <'H, ' whcr lhe dPacl Juwe workPd," from the fact, tlrat npon t.lt<' ltiglt ch<tlky wall that form it · banl< an• ::;omc of the Ramo ·nr yHtcri ons <"arving . The oft ·and lon<'R, or ·lralky limp-·(onPR, are w ·ll adaptl' 1 for recordin rr hieroglyphieal hil:;tory. But thee rock. bear upon lhcm far plai11er clrara •(pr.· tlran those tlc ·ribetl above, and hantclcrs whi eh ca.n y the hi story f ov<•nt.· infinitt•ly lhrther baC'l into the past t.lr:tn any ever carv •cl upon RLon hy human hands. Nem· the l3lackl>ird :Mission, mrcl iu ot:lt<'r loealili<'::; a.hovo ana b low this place, ha bt"ll found a r •markablc .· riPS of f'o sHi I ]Jlantfi ~>mbcdd<•d in the ·and tone ancl quartzites, whic-lr ltaH thr·own mu ·h ligh t upon Lhc ancient tlora of thi re rion. The andston1•s all bPiong to the lower retaceou or Chalk perio<l, and it i now w ,11 a ·c •rta.iu 'd, Urat, 27 with th' llt'ginning of Llrat Nrt, b('gnn upon 0 111' eontin cnt tlt• clawn or pxistiJw d,, •cidnous fruiL ancl f'orr t tn•p,·, as did also tit· pr· srnt m<·e of' l'dibl ' li, liP::;, :tR tltl' IH'ITin ~, p<•rch, \etc. \\Tp lind irnpre ·siom; or kaV<'H i11 ro ·ks n•mn,rkably wPII pr ' 't• rv<'d , rt'pt·Ps<·nLing thP g<'n<'ra PlatannH, Popu htH, l•'ag us, Li riod l'nd t·on 'n,s:-;af'ras, I agnol ia, l•'ie u:-; antl ot h1•rs. ,'om' of tlw::;c plnnts i1ulic-a.tP a 0 111'(' warnH·t· c- limat<• in thiR n·gion than at prP 'I'JJt, though hanll _y tropi<·al, or as Dt·. (•wlwny ha::; shown not l'I'Pn . uh-tmpic·al , iLILhong lt on l111• Paeilic 'oast, spP'i<' of' the palm [JJHI <"innamon, indi('ati vP of a tmpieal elimat , :II'<' f'oun cl . It 111ay ])l' llrnl Wh<'ll thc::;e J'O<" k t-J an• IIIOr<' ( hOI'Oll 0"hi _y Hllldi <•<l , 11ia11ltl of iL tropiral 01' . ub-LrO}IiCa.l chamc-l\'1' mar l)(' follllCI. I takl' pil'aSIII'(' in t ranHt'l'ibing till~ f I lowing vamgra.ph from Dr. ewlH-'tTy's able l'(' f)OrL 0 11 tltPS\' plants: " l t will lJl' t·pnt <' lll bc ·rPd that Uris vPgdation g t·pw upon a broad 1'011· Lirwntitl Hlll'f':t.t'<' of wltielt the central porti on was c:Oni:iiderably C' lc·rnt l'd. '!'hi::; would giv1 us a plt ysieal co ndi tion noL unlil c· that of tlr<' eontiru•nL al th<• prP::;Pnt <liLy. and it would ·cent to lw ill<'l' i(abll' tltaL t h1· isotlwnnal lines ·h oultl ht' etll'l'\'d o1·Pr the· ·urf:tee ::;omC'w lmt aH t lll'y are at }JI'l'Sl'llt. H may very wpll happ1•n th ' refot·p that ll't' shall lincl that the palms nrul C'i Jllll1IIIOH · wen• rPst ric-ted to tlw west<'l'n mar~i 11 of lit<' Creta.r<'OIIH I'O il tirH'n t. It will lH' HPPn by not<' now gin•n of tlw 'l'c•rtiary llor·a of our <'OIIliuent, that, aLa lat<•r <lall\ p:tlnrs " 1'\'W in tht• R:t llll' rpp; ion wlwrP til\' ·c• Un•ta.coous planti:i ar·' found , but einttatnon an<l o!h(•r tropi(·:tl plants St'PlflE' tl to b I c•ntirely W:tllting in the '1\•rtiary fl ora or Lhu ('( 1HLml p:tr-ls of th ' contirwnt , whil1• on LIH• WPSt eoasL hotlt pal11ts ancl <'innamons li v1'1l d 111·ing th 'l'l'rtiat·y JWriocl as far nortlr a~ Llll Hr·ilit·d t lim•. '\VP hm·c·, tltl'l' •for , m•gaLiv<' <'V iclen<·<· from liH'H' fads though it may bP r I'C'I'i:wd at an t'arly day by ftu·LIH•r· obsc>rvalions- that Lite limatP of llw i11terior of our onlirwHt durin~ th<• Terlia.r·y a~r wa RO lli 'what wa.rrn 'I' tltall during thP 'r'laeeou pNiod, aud that cluri11g both, lit' ame rdati ve difl'•n•nc 'S of eli maLo }JI' vailctl b tw •en tlw ·c•ntntl and w st r11 ]JOrtions that C'Xi ·t at ilre pt· • ·ent clay. ' F:ntlwr 1.1p Llw Mis ·o ur·i River, and n•sting on tltP • andslonefi and elays, is :\ thiek b<•d of ehalky lim ston ~, conlainirw vn. L quantitio · of a small spo ·ic of oyster, and a larrre bivalvP, Jn orera1nns p roblem,ati "ItS, whi h is iclPnti cal in Rp<'eicH or ·los>ly alliPd wiLh on found in many portion of Eur·O}J . om r markable fol'lm; of fi h s, not unlik ' ur had or h rrinn-, al ·o shark' · teeth, lutv be n found in abundan ·e. A f ·w |