Yellowstone; the Wild Side
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Yellowstone; the Wild Side is a story of Yellowstone National Park where a pageantry of rugged characters interacting with each other have created legends repeated around evening campfires through countless years. Some people have hollered with pure joy of beholding such splendid scenery and above all there is the spiritual presence that for each visitor today can emblazon a memory never to be forgotten.
Daniel Hance Page
Daniel Hance Page is a freelance writer with twenty-seven books published and others being written. His books are authentic stories filled with action, adventure, history and travel, including Native American traditions and spiritual insights to protect our environment in the smallest park or widest wilderness
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Yellowstone; the Wild Side - Daniel Hance Page
Copyright © 2021 Daniel Hance Page
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ISBN: 9798472218955
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First Edition
Dedication
Marg, Hank, Jim, Ivadelle, Sheldon, Colleen, Shane and Shannon Page, John, Dan and the Robinson family, Lester and Rose Anderson, Doug, Don, Bob Sephton and families, Garry and the Pratt family, the Massey family, Murray, Sue and the Shearer family, Joe and Linda Hill, Macari Bishara, Joan LeBoeuf, Kevin, Alison and Michaela Griffin, Jerry and Gaye McFarland, Dr. David and June Chambers, Mac
McCormick, Grant Saunders, Frank Lewis and other friends with whom we have enjoyed the wilderness.
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Left to right: Jim Page (Writer's brother), John Robinson (Friend), Dan Robinson (John's son), Dan Page (Writer)
In God’s wildness lies the hope of the world—the great, fresh, unblighted, unredeemed wilderness.
John Muir
We are in the beginning of a mass extinction and all you can talk about is money and fairy tales of eternal economic growth.
Greta Thunberg
Other books by Daniel Hance Page
Banff, the Wild Side
Florida Journeys
Florida Home
Wilderness Journeys
Pelican Sea, a Legend of Florida
Walk Upon the Clouds, a Legend of the Rocky Mountains
The Pirate and the Gunfighter
The First Americans and Their Achievements
Life Is a Fishing Trip
Riley, the Dog Visitor
Bear Trap Mountain
Where Wilderness Lives
Many Winters Past
The Journey of Jeremiah Hawken
Told By the Ravens
The Maui Traveler
Wilderness Trace
Arrowmaker
Trail of the River
Pelican Moon
Legend of the Uintas
Chapter 1
Yellowstone
1850
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The region called Yellowstone had long been a hunting ground for Indian nations and during a sunlit day in 1850 a large force of Crows faced a smaller group of Shoshone. Although not always adversaries, the two sides faced each other today as enemies. The Shoshone leader, Gray Bull, knowing the outcome of this action was his responsibility, nudged his pony forward, moving out far ahead of the others, to meet the enemy.
Seeing only one man approaching, the Crow force stopped advancing. From the line of riders, only one kept moving forward. He was the leader, called Hawk. Nudging his pony into a full charge, he fired his gun, dropping his opponent’s horse and sending the Shoshone tumbling against the ground in a cloud of dust. Springing back to his feet he grabbed the rifle and swung it as a club, dislodging Hawk from his horse. The two men circled each other while dust settled. With only knives remaining to them, there followed a series of thrust and avoidance maneuvers until Gray Bull surprised his enemy with a kick to the chest. Both adversaries circled again then Hawk sprang forward, got knocked down but dodged the next knife thrust. Circling again, neither man had been seriously injured. They grappled, displaying matching strength and determination. Following a long struggle, the combatants separated. Each assessed the situation. Hawk raised his right hand. The other man did the same. They walked to their horses and returned to those who waited. The Crows rode away, gradually moving out of view.
Approaching Gray Bull, his friend, a tall, well-muscled man called Hunter, said, You have shown us again why you are our leader.
We were all ready for battle,
Gray Bull replied. I just started early.
He looked to be an average person only to those who did not know him. Such people were not aware of this leader’s outstanding quality, calmness. As stone of the mountains of which he seemed to be part, he remained calm in crisis, enabling his intelligence to design successful outcomes for his people.
More often we find as many enemies in this place as there are buffalo or elk,
observed Hunter.
Our homes now are in the mountains,
noted Gray Bull. We have had a successful hunt and our families will have a good supply of food. We provide well for them and so do the mountains. While you and the others take this large supply of food back to our village, I would want to stay behind for a while to enjoy the company of this special region.
We will greet you at our village,
stated Hunter, before he turned his pony and started riding back to rejoin the others.
Gray Bull followed a route he always enjoyed taking. His horse seemed to know the way and needed little nudging to keep moving higher until they reached a plateau, providing many places to observe lower country where hot springs boiled and water shot skyward.
After leaving his horse in a meadow with good grass and water, Gray Bull returned to his favorite resting place where he could reacquaint himself with the spirit of this splendid wild region.
This place is here even when I am not, he realized after sitting down on a balanced rock. His weight moved the stone chair perfectly into place so he could rest his back against an upright slab. As much as I enjoy the company of people, I also appreciate the presence of natural surroundings. All aspects of land, water and sky give me an opportunity to rest that is greater than sleep. Here I am reminded of life beyond my own and in comparison my challenges are small. Thereby, I should not let little things take my life or worry it. Silence has told me more than noise of conversation. Messages are everywhere. A soaring eagle has just changed its flight to investigate a person who approaches. The coyote stood still and watched yet showed no fear. Also a fox only stopped briefly before resuming its journey. I must remain motionless as a part of these rocks until I know if a friend or enemy approaches. Maybe there will be more than one.
My visitor is Jeremiah Stone, observed Gray Bull. Fortunately I recognized him before he started taking precautionary maneuvers, having become aware of my presence. He can read these mountains much the way I can.
Gray Bull had sheep steaks and trout roasting on spits before Jeremiah approached the camp. After looking