George F. Cowan’s experiences were so peculiar that one is puzzled to know whether he was the most lucky or unlucky of men. A train of incidents followed his suffering in the Park. Near Fort Ellis the neck yoke broke, and the Cowan party was thrown out of the carriage. At Bozeman, when Mr. Arnold was dressing Cowan’s wounds in the hotel room, the bedstead gave way and down went the injured man.
[203]Andrew J. Weikert, “Journal of a Tour Through Yellowstone National Park in August and September 1877,” Contributions, Historical Society of Montana, IV (1900), 185-99.
[204]H. M. Chittenden, Yellowstone National Park, p. 142. Stewart was relieved of $260.00 and a watch.
[205]Ibid., p. 143.
[206]Heister D. Guie and L. V. McWhorter, op. cit., pp. 194-5.
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.