George Bird Grinnell

“ Red Cloud has since sent the professor an elegant pipe and tobacco-pouch, as a token of his gratitude, and with them the complimentary message that "the Bone-hunting Chief," as he calls the professor, "was the only white man he had seen who kept his promises." ”

“ It was here that he discovered, while yet in college, the two celebrated vertebrae of Eosaurus Acadianus, which still remain unique, and are thought to have been the first remains of reptiles found in the Palæozoic rocks of America. His studies in archæology also began in college.
To many readers, Prof. Marsh is best known in connection with his explorations in the Rocky Mountains, which he has crossed no less than eleven times on his various expeditions. ”

“ These various expeditions were attended with much danger and hardship, as the regions explored were often infested with hostile Indians, and explorations could be carried on only under the protection of a strong escort of Government troops. ”

“ He is still a keen sportsman, and very hard to beat with rod or gun. In 1852 he entered Phillips Academy at Andover, Massachusetts, where he graduated in 1856, the valedictorian of his class. He entered Yale College the same year, and graduated with high honors in the class of 1860. The next two years were spent in the study of chemistry and mineralogy in the Sheffield Scientific School at New Haven. ”

“ The remains of these ancient creatures, preserved in the Museum of Yale College, present a series which, for its interest and value to the biologist, is not surpassed by any collection in the world. Not less than four hundred new species of fossil animals have been collected by Prof. Marsh, and their remains are all at present in New Haven.
Prof. Marsh is President of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and will preside at the St. ”

“ Notice of New Dinosaurian Reptiles (American Journal of Science (3) , vol. xv., pp. 241-244, March, 1878) .
Notice of New Fossil Reptiles (American Journal of Science (3) , vol. xv., pp. 409-411, May, 1878) .
Fossil Mammal from the Jurassic of the Rocky Mountains (American Journal of Science (3) , vol. xv., p. 459, June, 1878) .
Other scientific papers of interest by Prof. Marsh will be found in the same journal, as well as in the Zeitschrift of the Geological Society of Germany; American Naturalist; "Proceedings of the Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences;" ”