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Show 42 JW K y )I o lJ 'I' A 1 N" RCENERY. • J llle •·ulh Jiv ·cllhroll"ll its lcn·itilnate prriocl, enlirrly was Jnlroduc .L upon ' '"' . ' . tout f' oxisleiHW and an entln·ly JWW f'nu11a, rom-l1cr1Hhed or was swep . . . . . . . ttl a nc 11111ubl'l' :tllll var1et y, was an·a111 1ntroc1uc<'Cl lll tl10 Jll'l ' Ill" allOu 1 • 1 • • ·1 · 1 1 0 . It too livi'Cl f::tllH' oul itH period of CXIHL •nee w 11c 1 mu >t mn• J' HTJ()ll. , 1 , • I d d . (' t1 1o 1·1~and · of yearH and yet eve ry one or tluH rr roup of be >n 1un l'l' o · . . :tll.l llla1 s 1· at·ed from the .rlollP lea1·ing nol111ng b ·h1nd to l <'l l Uw t 1 appc. ~"> ' • • • ta I l' b u t rr ag1U ·l it (>f their boll j ' ·l·l'ktons, :u·e1ckntl y t'lW<'lO}l!'d 111 ll11• ·edi nwnt at th' bottom of an psluary or lak<>.. . . . Jt will b l'l'O at a glan '(' that thi ' i::; a fnutf~1l tO}~ I' r?r S]lC<'.UI L1ttO~l, nml I len.ve it with tli n·aut•r, Some of' tlw specH' of an una! · rouud 111 tho late t depo"its · ' 111 to hav<' li l'(•d Vl'I'Y n:arly up ~o our prPHent period. The horns o.f a dP<>r and the b~>nes or a Hancl-lnll cmrw ha1·e such a mod •rn aspect that LhP thought. an~w ·, whcr • wa · man wllPII tllt'. 'e animal w•re roamincr ovPr lhi::; n•gion. Rl'<'Pl1t inv • 'ligatiou >how qui te con lu iv Jy that man was an inhabitant of Europ• ·olel~l]lO raw· o~l til.y with many of tlw extiuct ani1uals or the Quart mary per.lt)d, bnt 1L ~ ~ doubtful whether we han• 'Vl'l' f und any '\' itlt>ncc that lw lll·t•d aLa VN.r n mote period on thi ·continent. ln<l<·Pcl, RO far a' wt• ];:now at prl' 'l'ltt, lh \Ve t i · ·inguJarly siJ •nt a:; lo the t'X i t:lll'nC' Of lllan in what tLI'l' 110\1' uncl rstooi a pre-historic time.'. But let n move onr camp fmth •1· sontl1 and t ward t l1P Platt' Vallt>y again, a.ncl on our wa.y Ju ·t glall Ct' aLa it•solatc and almo t lmlT'Il h nt intt>rcsting 1·egion caiied tl1 • 'and llills. Till')' cowr an area of' abo ut 20,000 squar ' mil 'S on both Hid l'H of the Niohmm H.ivPr, and :tn• ('Olll po eel of loo ·e mov in" sand whi<:lt is b lown by the wiud · jn Lo round conil'al hill with coni:iid •rabl • rq~ ulari ly. 1\ l'ax a::; the Pj'l' ('an n•a('h th ' surface pr cnts the app<·arniH'C of a mullitudt• of ronntl tops, su1ne of' them ·cooped out by tho whirling wind · so as to r •sPmbl ' rater:-;. Th ·~c ·and hills ha1·c b' n from time immemori al a favori t• resort C1f the bnflhlo which f"d · upon tl1c Hcanty 1mt w ry nntritiouH 0 TfL,'Hl'S in th littl • l'ltll cy::; antl intprval t:l an1ong- t iH• ·e l1ill s. 'l'llPI't' is for thP most part ttn abundant supply or walt•r in th • Jitt l • Jake.· tlmt arc scaU •reel tlll'Ollghont this I' gion. 'Otn' or t ht•lll ltl'l' ;tJkaJin ill th •Jligh •fit d<•p;re<', a1Hl th • f'resh can be d •tlWtl>(l f'I'O ill tho sal t lake::; by tlw pn'S('IICe Ol' ttb>!C il C Of Vl'g tati011 ill a,n(l :li'Olllltl (Jl(' bor(l('J' '. 'J'lil' 'l' liiJJ iLl'(' ROn l('tillH' 8 prot'dt•d from th win<lH hy a c·onsidnabl • growth o!' ypcr •tat ion on tlwir sides, <' pcciallytlt• "Yu ·('as, or 'pani ·ll c>cl l 's, ' ' whi·h "('Ill to O~IA II A TO I mY EN" N" 10:. gn w ev'n rn r> lux\ll'iantly in the. alm o.'t soil I<'. H rt •g ionH. No portion of t l1e country i r:;o barn•n or ·o ill e~:~;; as to be tlP;;tit utt> of il.' pPc: uli:tl' vl•gctation, aml c•vt>n t.llo 1wrtions that ap]WH.I' most stt· rilo k w\' some form wl1ieh llou1·i •h L11 rc beHt, ancl w nl<l p rlmps JH'riHh if tran sporlc•d to a ri cher di .. tri ·t. In ti l(\ "Bad Land ·" the soft s11 ·rult>nt Cac·tns wl 1i ·h clrawt:l mo:-;t of its nouri slnllPHt front 1 liP ntmosphc•J"P ofh•n C'OI'f'l'S the• bald domc-lik<' llills as if il would c·o tJ e<'n l llu ·i t· nakl'<lllPS> an<l Rlc>ri lit y. Th • ·p lar~P IIIOV ing bodi .,. or san<l nn• not unt·ommon in lht• \\'t>:;t; in tlH• North P:trk thN' i: quit<• a larg<' :Ll'Pa !'O lll ]ll >l1• ly t•ovpn•<l willt thPnt , atHl as thP Htlrf'aco rt'flto cl:; !Ill' li ~ lil ol' l!H' slln ' · r;~ ys, thP}' apppar in tltP cliKtan<·l' likt• SOlllP c·xt c• tl si vt• lak<'. Nt•a r tho J\losc·a PaHH i11 tile ,'an L11iH Vallt·y, is anot·hpr gm11p of sand hill:-; whiel1 i:-; qniiP c·onspieuous. Tlw willd ti Ht'<' lll Lo lPligllL i11 playi 11g tlit•iJ· auli ·s i11 tll 1•sc• pla.<'l'~'• tl1rowing np IIH· f'a ncl in tl11• most bl'autif'lll wav(•-lik<' fuiTOWH. SomPlilll <'S tl1 • :o~t ro n g windH that ·w '\'[> ovc·r t!H•st• rast plains will fill tht• air with a stol'lll of sand so a · to inqwd<' thc• ll'HI'PIPr's progn·ss for IIH' l imP, and again lhc>y whirl it in C'ircular co iJIII IIIS far out or Ri~ht. lt will not 1w unproli labll' lo lin g-t'l' f'OI' awllilt• 011 tlw Pawnt•P rNli'ITation whi ·!1 is loC'all'd in th • L oup l•'ork \ ' alit')' about IQ 111ilc>s west ol' 'olnmbns, and rr!Pa ll a ft•w i t<' lll t:> of Indian liislmy. Tlw Pawllt'l'H Jivl' in mml en.bin · or kills, nnd nn· <·:Liil'll tilal ionary Jnclinm; in co utnt<1iHtin<'li on to tl1e no111adic 01· II"HlHIPring l riL)('R. 'l'll<T c·ultivatl· tho Ro il mi:-;<' n·ood erO)l ·of corn , an<l in til t> in tt• •·vn.ls lwlwl't'll ' b . plnutinn· and lmrvt•til ing hun t l11e b uflhl o, rd:Jining 1110st of LlwiJ· s:wagt• ('IIStOillo' :LIIL1 id !':tS. 'J'illl t' is CO illl tt•d lJy lllOUIIS 0 1' IIIOII!hti; ,J<11111:11'.)' i:-; eal l •d th • C'old 1110on; J+'pbmary, t iH' !'~now llJOOII; ..\. l areh, till' wn1·m 1110011: April, tht• lll OOn of plant·; and May, t ile lll OOII ol' flowPI"ti, <'1<'. 'l'lwy have dt'atl moons and live moon. . ThP ri>llowing dP · Tiption of tl1 · fitru ·tun.! of th ei r dwt' llin cr · wa.' \H i LL< 11 by nH· :onw years ago whilt• ri :-;itin o· tl1e Arikam villagp on the Upj )(' l' 1\li;;so nri : " The cn.bin t:l or ltut · of tl1 Ariknras n.nd otll l' t' Hhttion:try lJ·ibt•fi a1· · bnilt by planting four )JOSL · in th • nTound in til l' l'onn of a S<l_ll:tl'<', JW• t · b •inn- forkr•d :tt th , top to r cc jvc tra.n svt' I'Hl' lwalnH. To t lw h<'am s, other timbers a•· • alta heel, th l ow<'l' extr<•111ilies of whiclt dr•,.crib • a circl e, or 11 •;wly HO, tlw in tt-• rt:~liCl'H b •in cr lillPd with HIWtll twig. tlw wholP lhiekly ovcrl ttid with willow·, rH : l l('S nnd gra ·s, and pl:t lerc•c1 OV<' l' with mud, laid on thi ·k. A hoi • i l ft in the t p fo1· t hP smol- , to pas out, |
