[Illustration: THE GREAT GEYSER BASIN OF THE UPPER YELLOWSTONE.] WONDERS OF THE YELLOWSTONE EDITED BY JAMES RICHARDSON. _New Edition, with new Map and Illustrations._ NEW YORK CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS 1886 Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1873, by SCRIBNER, ARMSTRONG & CO., In the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington _CONTENTS._ PAGE CHAPTER I. The Crown of the Continent--Yellowstone Lake--Ancient Volcanic Action--Modern Thermal Phenomena 1 CHAPTER II. Early Explorations--Lewis and Clarke's Expeditions--Trappers' Yarns--Colonel Raynold's Expedition--The Washburn Expedition--Colonel Barlow's Expedition--Dr. Hayden's Geological Survey 5 CHAPTER III. Route from Fort Ellis to Bottlers' Ranch--Fort Ellis--Prospect from the Divide--Snowy Mountain--Trail Creek--Pyramid Mountain--The Bottler Brothers--Yellowstone Valley 15 CHAPTER IV. Bottlers' Ranch to Gardiner's River--River Valley--Second Cañon--Cinnabar Mountain--The Devil's Slide--Western Nomenclature--Precious Stones 21 CHAPTER V. Hot Springs of Gardiner's River--Third Cañon--Rapids--Valley of Gardiner's River--Thermal Springs--White Mountain--Hot Springs--Natural Bathing-pools--Diana's Bath--Liberty Cap--Bee-hive--Extinct Geysers--Beautiful Water--Vegetation in Hot Springs--Antiquity of Springs--Classification of Thermal Springs 27 CHAPTER VI. Gardiner's River to Grand Cañon of the Yellowstone--Forks of Gardiner's River--Gallatin Mountains--Basaltic Columns--Falls of Gardiner's River--Mountain Prospect--Over the Divide--Agatized Wood--Delightful Climate--Mountain Verdure--Volcanic Ridges--Ravines--Third Cañon of the Yellowstone--Hell-roaring River--Hell-roaring Mountain--East Fork of the Yellowstone--Ancient Springs and Calcareous Deposits--First Bridge over the Yellowstone--Rock Cutting--Tower-creek Cañon--Column Rock--The Devil's Den--Tower Falls--The Devil's Hoof--Mineral Springs--Mouth of Grand Cañon 43 CHAPTER VII.