Show iii TRIP TO THE TETON the presidential party pursuing their picturesque promenade by bv Western asad 4 press to the I herald ferald 11 CAMP ARTHUR manua groa gros ventre river aug 17 via ft washakie Was bakie Wyo Aug ia 19 at this morning the tho president and party mounted their meir horses and started for 1 or camp isham we marched down tho the valley of the gros venire ventre crossing that stream to the tile north side about ten miles from our camp of last lost night thence the trail lay away from the river through gli canyons and over mountains of al considerable sid erable elevation although the grades grade were not very steep steel i after ma in arching lim about fifteen miles we e arrived at a t a low mesa in the river which was so attractive that the tile whole party voted we should remain hero here tonight in honorof honor of the president del it general sheridan lias has ca called red the camp camp arthur shortly after our arrival rods and reels were got in shape and the entire party went fishing uen eral stager made tha the largest I 1 a est catch senator vest hie the next and the president came third captain dark clark came in this evening fron a two days hunt hurit after elk and bear lie had but little success huc cess all the party are well and enjoying the fishing ilu hunting and mountain air with the greatest gre zest CAIN ip TETON teto via ft Wash washakie akle aug 20 promptly at this mornin morning we not sitf without longing looks rode away from camp arthur our cou course was in a westerly direction along the north side ride of the gros ventre iziver the air was clear and bracing and the day as fine as any we have been favored with since we set I 1 out from ft washakie Washa kic the trail I 1 i was beset with few of those difficulties with which our furini fortnights fort nights gats travel in the wilderness I 1 has made its KO so familiar in 11 lar indeed in the absence of fallen timber rocky side hills steep accents ascents and pitches the ride would have bava been somewhat monotonous but for fora a single feature which actually glorified it we had clini climbed bed to the tile itofa long hill about five miley miles from camp arthur when their suddenly burst upon our view a scene as grand and majestic as we have ee ei er witnessed wl triesa cd below us covered with g ass aes and flowers was a lovely valley many miles in length through which was vas threading sti way tile river on whose baneg s e had just encamped along the whole westerly edge of tb Is valley with no intervening foothills to obstruct the view toward the magnificent alfi ent cent teton mountains their own summit piercing cing the air feet above the spot on which wo we stood in reverent admiration and feet above the level of the tile sea it was wils the voice of olevery every member of the party p aty t that that sight alone would have auf r I 1 ly repaid all lie the trials and peril perils of the t to march we are encamped enca aped in the teton basin on the banks of the groa gros ventre the locality aside from the spi splendid bendid view of the mountains wh which ich it affords is our least attract attractive 11 vo camp ramp the tho river at this point ha has an excellent reputation as a trout stream but the wind has been blowing at too many inma an hour to permit much success at abeline it has been powerful enough to break the ridge pole of olour our mess tent but bat fortunately not beyond repair wo are all in excellent healtha health aad od enjoying en I 1 i the trip |