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Rh 12, 1903, when I took the Burlington for an eastern trip, and was treated with every courtesy over their system. I went over the Northern Pacific track as far as Billings, where I changed to their own line, and after riding about fifty miles I passed Fort Custer, near the Crow agency, and the monuments which mark the spot where General Custer and his followers were massacred by the Indians.

Formerly I have described every city and important town, as I saw them, and knew the conditions thereof. From now on I will explain any important place as I pass through, with a fuller description of the places where I stop to gratify my own enjoyment.

I now leave Montana and pass through the coal mining town of Sheridan, Wyoming. At Edgemont, South Dakota, a branch line extends north to