METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS OF THE YELLOWSTONE EXPEDITION.
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Fort Ellis, Montana TerÜ |
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Morning. | |
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Noon; mean of 2 observ'ns: altitude |
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Bozeman Divide |
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Noon. |
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Trail Camp |
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Morning. |
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Butler's Ranch |
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Evening, stormy weather. |
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Morning, stormy weather. |
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Yellowstone Cañon |
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Morning. |
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Gardiner's River |
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Evening. |
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Morning. |
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Crossing Divide |
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Noon. |
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Antelope Creek |
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Morning. |
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Hot Spring Creek |
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Evening. | |
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Morning. | |
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Morning; mean of 3 obs'ns: altitude. |
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High Mountain South |
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Noon. |
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Washburn's Peak |
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Do. |
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Camp Jordan |
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Morning. |
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Near Falls |
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Do. | |
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Evening. | |
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Morning; mean of 3 obs'ns: altitude. |
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Mud Springs |
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Evening. | |
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Morning. | |
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Morning; mean of 3 obs'ns: altitude. |
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Yellowstone Lake |
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Morning. | |
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Do. | |
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Do. | |
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Do. | |
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Langford's Peak |
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Noon. |
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Yellowstone Lake |
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Morning. | |
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do |
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Do. | |
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Do. | |
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Do. | |
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Do. | |
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Morning, rainy and snowing. | |
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Morning, snowing hard | |
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Morning, rainy. | |
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Morning | |
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Morning. á |
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Snow Camp |
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Morning, rainy. |
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Firehole Basin |
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Morning, clear. |
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Madison River |
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Morning. |
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Madison Cañon |
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Do. |
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Madison River |
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Do. |
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Madison Settlements |
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Do. |
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Madison Bridge | No observations. |
G. C. DOANE.
Second Lieutenant Second Cavalry.
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HEADQUARTERS DEPATRTMENT OF DAKOTA
St. Paul, Minnesota, February 8, 1871.
Respectfully forwarded to the Adjutant General of the Army, with the following remarks:
On the 14th day of August, 1870, Mr. H.D. Washburn,
surveyor general of Montana, requested an escort for a party desiring to
determine by exploration the location of the lake and falls of the Yellowstone.
I directed that the escort be furnished, and that an officer be sent with
it who could make a report of the trip, as well as a map of the country
passed over. Second Lieutenant G.C. Doane, Second Cavalry, was the Go
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