Show ROUGHING IT president arthur and his party wandering in the wilds of wyoming camping life with all ita its charms and vicissitudes by western asad press to the herald CAMP VEST on spring creek wyo T aug 10 via ft washakie wyo aug 10 lo the day so far since leaving camp rollins Eo at bull lake fork this forenoon at 7 has been ve very ry u uneventful the president and all 11 the members of the party are iu in excellent health and spirits the country I 1 graveled raveled rave led over today to day has been mostly ly sage brush mesas varied by alternate ascents accents and descents of steep hills covered with loose stones which made ma d e precarious fooling footing for the animals but I 1 cannot help won wow dering why so mud much material was wasted in the making of so many apparently parent ly useless ridges when there are plenty gulches which might as well be filled all along the route however the glorious wind river and owl creek mountains with their snow clad peaks are in sight and afford restfulness to the eyes of the travelers who are pursuing I 1 their way across the dried and heated h e ted mesas below the camp on spring creek however isa is a very delightful ono one 0 o on nalea pleasant ground avith plenty of the essential requirements of good camping ing places eswood cod water and arid grass to ibe the eastward ofus is the cr crow awil heart eart butte which is a noted landmark of he the wind river valley and the photographer to lias has obtained several pic tures ures this dispatch has to leave by couriers at three this afternoon so no reports can b be e made today to day of the results obtained by the fishermen the camp is named camp vest in honor of senator G G vest who is one 0 of f the most enthusiastic and successful anglers ef of the party after my dispatch of yesterday from bull lake fork both the president and senator vest brought into in to camp five creels creeds full of trout as the result of their afternoons sport there are aro no special or professional correspondents pon dents with the party and all dispatches purporting to be from such persons are spurious CAMP CROSBY on dinwiddie Dinwid dia creek wyo aug altia ft Washakie Wyo aug 12 breaking camp at GM a m A leaden gray sky and drifting clouds added to the slight lit rain and heavy dew of last night gave a delightful freshness and cool coolness fiess to the air the bracing atmos atmosphere here a as s the party started on the day a march the rest fr from om the burdens of official and social life the exhilarating effects of the climate the wearing away of the tile lit tle le soreness that some of the party had felt from the riding all the good effects in fact of this outdoor out door life were seen in in the buoyant manner in which the members of the party mounted and rode away senator vest again scored the greatest n number u m of trout yesterday but a sho shower w er in the afternoon quickly put an end to the sports and prevented very much competition the route lay along an old indian trail made dim and faint by time A portion of the party left the column ind arid skirted the foothills and moun ains in search of game and scenery I 1 but the game had nearly vanished being well nigh exterminated only one deer and one antelope waa was seen As coming events are 0 said to cast their shadow before before so this may perhaps indicate the sad fate of the indian race nave i A march of fourteen miles brought I 1 us to dinwiddie creek a noisy moun 1 tain stream rushing rus liing down in a boisterous I 1 way to joint be water with the I 1 wind river in lio honor norto to the governor of montana this camp haa has been named camp crosby the co country nt pa passed ased over today to day was bostl mostly rol rolling in interspersed occasionally occasion all with valleys val I 1 susceptible of irrigation irrig ati but the ilia future f eya ure prosperity p rity of this section tion do depends mainly on its being utilized for grazing purposes the grass had already taken on a brodish tint the first indication of the curing process of this climate and in this lies the great secrets of its retention of nutritious ti 0 properties it seems a these streams should have lost their indian names but like for instance where we made our camp is called by them 1101 moaning ming or crying buttala creek because in the winter when there ie Is ice on the lake a wild and piteous sound is heard resembling much the moan of a buffalo in distress again here at our present camp I 1 the indians call the stream the creek atwith goda bridge and some ten miles above its mouth a natural bridge about yards in width spans the chasm through triou it which tho waters rush the rho arff bridge id seamed and ia r ked by trails made mado by indians aad came distinctly visible from the tile heights hole hta a ilo above it the can yon 0 n is a francl grand one so grand and te beautiful a u will in n fa fact t that one of the party who lias has wandered much in foreign lands aye pays of it nothing there can ap in ii any apy way compare with st it fills gorge in the carved by LI the h uter master hand ie Is hard bareto to describe do scribe but U one cannot look at it save in i awo of the great architect near the head of the stream it ie is crescent in shape backed by down sides lie great banks of enow snow which have rested there during all the eternity of the past then come the sombre grey rocks gloomy and barren alove above all vegetation and scenery to frown down upon the bright balers baters alers aters and green foll go below klow the stream opens out ou ai al short intervals into lakes several of these aie ate two miles in alai diameter neter and have a pale vale green color the tents had been pitched but a few moments and arid the fisher nien had jit just st commenced their efforts when from the northwest a great black cloud cload came sweeping over the bluff and a hall and rain storm really mude made the party feel that they were enduring hardships but they aro are just wild enough to lift lie agreeable tho entire parly party are enjoying the best of health |