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Title
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Sioux County, June 17-July 2, 1911
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Date
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June 17-July 2, 1911
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Creator
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Frank H. Shoemaker
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Description
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Regional Narrative
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Identifier
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321301-1911
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Rights
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vast dumping ground. A
peculiar change hes taken
| place in the composition —
» of these fossil'remains,
many having been metamor-
; phosed into —: Jinre calerte?-
of quaertz-like appearance,
and it is a striking sight
to come upon one of the
large carapaces glistening
in the sunlight as though
set with a thousand gems.
Most of these fossils ere
very loosely held together,
and crumble under the ection
of the frequent floods; but
fine jawbones can always be
| found with the teeth in such
perfect condition that they
ee eer
Jast bad lands
must be a joy to the odontologist.
Some springs are found in the bad lands, most of them of small chines
in some cases merely seepere from water-bearing strata. One fine spring
wes found in a deep-cut gulch tributary to Prairie Dog Creek; the flow
of water was generous, and its quality and temperature all that could be
desired. Its location was marked by one of the few pine trees of the |
bad lands region, and we visited it often. I tock a photograph from above
it, on the edge of the precipitous gulch 70 or 80 feet deep, showing the
stream flowing away to lose itself in the thirsty ground within a mile.
A peculiar freak of erosion occurs at its best along this deep valley
with the spring. Many pillars of shale or clay, ten or twelve feet high,
stand on the brink, and are erowned with a growth of prickly veer; though
it may or may not be found growing elsewhere in the immediate vicinity, it i
is always present on these points, so far as I had opportunity to observe. ee
Naturally, the insects of}
this region, particularly the
Carabidae and Cicindelidae,
interested us very much, and
Dr. Woleott and I made as full
ecliections as possible, get-
a ting among other things sev-
*. eral svecies of Rembidiun.
At the time of writing we have
‘. done nothing toward their
classification, so many inter-
esting things which would fit |
nicely into this account must
be omitted.
3 Ik the bad lan ie
Nsle deciduoxs
grvrawih Fe lhowsirig
Water rays
