 | United States. Congress. Senate - United States - 1868 - 940 pages
...the mountains. From this point we propose cru-~ ing the dividing line to the waters of the Pacific. It was my original desire to go from the head of Wind river to the head of the Yellowstone, keeping on th-' Atlantic slope, thence down the Yellowstone, passing the lake and across by the Gallatin to the... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate - United States - 1873 - 628 pages
...of bold, craggy peaks of basaltic formation, thrir summits crowned with glistening snow. It was iny original desire to go from the head of Wind River to the head of the Yellowstone, keepiug on the Atlantic slope, thence down the Yellowstone, passing the lake and across by the Gallatin... | |
 | James Richardson - Yellowstone National Park - 1873 - 310 pages
...the Yellowstone basin, but could not penetrate it. In his report to the War Department, he says : " It was my original desire to go from the head of Wind Eiver to the head of the Yellowstone, keeping on the Atlantic slope, thence down the Yellowstone, passing... | |
 | James Richardson - Rocky Mountains - 1874 - 314 pages
...the Yellowstone basin, but could not penetrate it. In his report to the War Department, he says : " It was my original desire to go from the head of Wind Biver to the head of the Yellowstone, keeping on the Atlantic slope, thence down the Yellowstone, passing... | |
 | Aubrey L. Haines - West (U.S.) - 1974 - 264 pages
...stream down to the meeting place. However, this second part of the plan went awry. Of his desire to pass from the head of Wind River to the head of the Yellowstone, Raynolds admits: Bridger had said at the outset that this would be impossible . . . [and] remarked... | |
 | J. Cecil Alter - Biography & Autobiography - 1962 - 388 pages
...leave our odometer wheels behind." But at the evening camp, "I sent back for the wheels." May 30, 1860: "It was my original desire to go from the head of...of the Yellowstone, keeping on the Atlantic slope. . . . Bridger said at the outset that this would be impossible. . . . Directly across our route lies... | |
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It was my original desire to go from the head of Wind river to the head of the Yellowstone, keeping on the Atlantic slope, thence down the Yellowstone, passing the lake ,and across by the Gallatin to the Three forks of the Missouri Bridger said, at the... 