[312]S. B. M. Young’s Annual Report 1897, p. 779.
[313]Benjamin Drew, Souvenir List, Mammoth, Wyoming. One of the victims was struck over the head with the Winchester; whereas a Chicago lady was able to get a snapshot of the desperado. Rewards offered aggregated $1,100.00.
[314]Heister D. Guie and L. V. McWhorter, Adventures in Geyser Land, p. 64. Also Earl of Dunraven, op. cit., p. 206.
[315]Frederick Remington, Pony Tracks (New York: Harper and Bros., 1895), p. 192.
[316]Arnold Hague, “Soaping Geysers,” Science, XIII (May 17, 1889), 384. Dr. Arnold Hague and John H. Renshawe of the Geological Survey studied the Park in 1883.
[317]John Muir, “The Yellowstone National Park,” The Atlantic Monthly, LXXXI (April, 1898), 520.
[318]Land in the reserves adjacent to the Park yield 30¢ per acre from lumbering and 50¢ for grazing; whereas the water storage value alone is $12.50. Then, too, there are extensive agricultural improvements contingent upon the water supply. These would approximate $30.00 per forest acre. Statement made to the author by range supervisor, Faber Eaton, on August 9, 1943.
[319]Annual Report of the Acting Superintendent 1894, p. 661.
[320]There have been exceptions to the rule. Certain animals have been classed as predators at given times and thinned out.
[321]The average sagebrusher (camper) considers bears as an unmitigated nuisance. Because of them, he must exercise vigilance at all times or his food will be carried away.