CHAPTER XI.

Around the Yellowstone Lake--Hot Springs of Pelican Creek--Hot Springs of Steam Point--Fire Slashes--Difficult Travelling--Little Invulnerable--Poetry in the Wilderness--Volcanic Peaks--Mounts Langford, Doane, and Stephenson--Brimstone Basin--Alum Creek--Upper Yellowstone--Wind River Mountains--Valley of Upper Yellowstone--The Five Forks--Bridger's Lake--Yellowstone Mountains--Heart Lake--Madison Lake--Mount Sheridan--Flat Mountain--Bridger's "Two Ocean River"--A Companion lost--Lakes and Springs--Hot Springs on the West Shore--Bridge Creek--Dead Springs--The Elephant's Back 114