[290]Chittenden says that Norris Geyser Basin was discovered from the top of Bunsen Peak in 1872. E. S. Topping and Dwight Woodruff saw a large column of steam ascending far to the south. They made an investigation and reported their find. The next day Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Stone, of Bozeman, Montana, visited the basin. Mrs. Stone was one of the first white women to enter the Park. Perhaps she was the first excepting certain members of earlier missionary parties. [291]N. P. Langford’s Diary, Second Trip To Yellowstone 1872. MS. in Yellowstone Park Library, Mammoth, Wyoming. Dr. Hayden and his co-workers returned in 1878. In this investigation they made detailed reports upon many hot springs and geysers. The season’s study, richly embellished with engravings and colored plates, was published in Hayden’s _Report_ in 1883. [292]Lewis R. Freeman, _Down the Yellowstone_ (New York: Dodd, Mead and Co., 1922), p. 57. [293]P. W. Norris, _Annual Report 1880_, p. 7. [294]R. Kipling, _American Notes_, p. 174. Also see T. A. Jagger’s article, “Death Gulch, A Natural Bear Trap,” _Popular Science_, LIV (February, 1899), 5-6. [295]Jack Ellis Haynes states that A. F. Norris, C. M. Stephens, and J. Davis spent the winter of 1879-80 in the headquarters building at Mammoth. [296]William Ludlow, _Report to the War Department 1875_, pp. 36-7. Mr. Ludlow made a reconnaissance from Carrol, Montana to Yellowstone Park and returned. [297]Yellowstone Scrap Book, II, pp. 37, 56. [298]_Report of the Secretary of the Interior 1884_, II (Washington, D. C.: Government Printing Office, 1885), p. 565. [299]_Ibid._, 1889, III, p. 133. [300]Some of these territorial officials, known in local parlance as “rabbit catchers,” formed an alliance with the assistant superintendent. By this means the latter shared, as informers, the fines levied by themselves. H. M. Chittenden, _op. cit._, p. 113. [301]_Ibid._, p. 134. See also _Report_ for 1906, p. 522 and _The Independent_, Butte, Montana, Nov., 1895. [302]H. M. Chittenden, _op. cit._, p. 114. [303]_Report of the Secretary of the Interior_, II, 873. [304]_Report of the Secretary of the Interior_, III (1889), 134. [305]_Ibid._, p. 133. [306]Henry H. Lewis, “Managing a National Park,” _The Outlook_, LXXIV (August, 1903), 1037. [307]_Report of the Secretary of the Interior 1889_, III, 129. [308]_Ibid._, p. 130. [309]Jack Ellis Haynes, _Haynes Guide_, p. 160. [310]Emerson Hough, “Yellowstone Park Game Exploration,” _Forest and Stream_, XLIII, Nos. 8-12. A series of articles covering this exploration appeared in each issue from March until August 25, 1894. [311]T. J. Patterson, Yellowstone Park Scrap Book, I, 124. [312]S. B. M. Young’s _Annual Report 1897_, p. 779.