Near the top of Mt. Everts, and toward its southern end, there is a cliff formed by an ancient flow of lava. Upon a flat space, at the foot of the cliff, one may find an inscription that reads, “Ben Stone 1877.” [207]_Ibid._, p. 145. [208]O. O. Howard, _Chief Joseph, His Pursuit and Capture_ (Boston: Lee and Shephard, 1881), p. 243. [209]Helen A. Howard and Dan L. McGrath, _op. cit._, p. 258. [210]_Ibid._, pp. 260-1. [211]Chester A. Fee, _op. cit._, pp. 248-9. [212]Helen A. Howard and Dan L. McGrath, _op. cit._, pp. 271-2. [213]This was Joseph’s understanding, as revealed in all subsequent statements. [214]Chester A. Fee, _op. cit._, pp. 262-3. [215]_Ibid._, p. 270. [216]_Ibid._, p. 272. [217]Helen A. Howard and Dan L. McGrath, _op. cit._, p. 183. [218]Chester A. Fee, _op. cit._, p. 287. [219]The Hayden and other government expeditions did quite a lot of trail work in an informal manner. That is to say, they had large parties and considerable baggage. In order to get through the forest quite a lot of trail building became necessary. [220]Jack E. Haynes, “The Expedition of President Chester A. Arthur to Yellowstone National Park in 1883,” _Annals of Wyoming_, January, 1942, p. 2. [221]J. J. Leclercq, _La Terre des Marveilles_. An excerpt containing this story is in Mercer Cook’s _Portraits of Americans_ (New York: D. C. Heath and Co., 1939), pp. 47-8. [222]John Muir, _The Atlantic Monthly_, LXXXI (Jan. 1898), 15. Edwin J. Stanley’s _Rambles in Wonderland_ describes conditions as of that time. [223]P. W. Norris, _Annual Report 1880_, p. 584. See also Elno’s “The Lord of Hard Luck,” _Dillon Examiner_, June 12, 1940. [224]Heister D. Guie and L. V. McWhorter, _Adventures in Geyser Land_, p. 71. Texas Jack served as a guide for the Earl of Dunraven in 1874. [225]Jones Bros. and McGill of Cody and Hougan and Phillips of Salt Lake City, along with many others, conducted tours varying in duration and cost. The fee varied from five to ten dollars a day per person. [226]C. S. Walgamott, _Reminiscences_ (Twin Falls, Idaho, 1926), II, 78. [227]John Muir, _The Atlantic Monthly_, LXXXI (April, 1898), 515. [228]Alice W. Rollins, “The Three Tetons,” _Harper’s_, LXXIV (May, 1887), 876. [229]_Ibid._ [230]Rudyard Kipling, _American Notes_, p. 126. “Buckskin Charley” was Charles Marble; Yankee Jim’s name was James George; Hofer’s name was Thomas Elwood Hofer. [231]Yellowstone Park Scrap Book, II, 52. There are three volumes of newspaper and magazine clippings in the Park Library at Mammoth, Wyoming. [232]_Ibid._, pp. 60, 123. See also I, 33, and III, 33. [233]Alice W. Rollins, _op. cit._, p. 74. [234]Silas S. Huntley was the guiding mind of the organization from 1892 to 1901, when H. W. Child succeeded to the management, which he held until 1917. E. W. Bach was an active partner.