Chapter VIII

ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS TO YELLOWSTONE PARK.—A detour on the
Canadian Pacific Railroad—Magnificent scenery along Fraser
River—Green lakes on mountain brows—Canadian National
Park—A glimpse of the Sandwich Islands through other eyes
than ours—Down the Yakimer River—Spokane and Palouse
Falls—Sights along Snake River—Pinnacle Rocks—Lost Falls—
Lakes of marvelous beauty and rivers of torrential flow—A
trip to the 12 falls of the Missouri—Our visit to
Yellowstone Park—The wondrous gateway to Gardiner Cañon—
Nesting place of the sentinel eagle—Mammoth Hot Springs
Terraces—Remarkable formations more beautiful than the
Cave of Stalacta—Springs glowing with brilliant coloring—
Terraces of petrified rainbows—Through the Golden Gate, by
deep cañon, lofty waterfall and far-soaring cliffs—In
purgatorial regions—Growling caves and spouting Geysers—
The Devil’s Kitchen and his Majesty’s Mush-pot—Along
Firehole River and into the Lower Basin—The land of
fearful surprises and volcanic energy—Yellowstone Lake and
its game-abounding shores—Death Valley and Petrified
Forest—Grand Cañon of the Yellowstone and its flowing
beauties—Tower and Yellowstone Falls—A grave-yard of
mammoth quadrupeds, 235-288

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