2 SADDLE AND CAMP 



through the great forests into the White Moun- 

 tains, then westward through the Apache 

 country, and finally in a general northerly 

 course recross the railroad at Winslow, traverse 

 the arid reaches lying between it and Utah, 

 cross the State of Utah, and a corner of Idaho, 

 turn into Wyoming, and thence proceed north- 

 ward through Yellowstone National Park and 

 into Montana, which I hoped to reach in early 

 November before heavy winter snows blocked 

 the trail. 



This journey would carry me through the 

 heart of some of the largest unsettled areas of 

 the West. It would afford me a more or less 

 intimate view of some of our best game country, 

 bring me in contact with hunters, settlers and 

 Indians, and give me an opportunity not only to 

 study the condition of the game itself, but to 

 learn a good deal of local sentiment and the 

 operation of game laws in widely separated sec- 

 tions. Incidentally I should see some of the 

 large cattle ranches, the cowmen, the sheep and 

 the sheepherders, and a good deal of Nature's 

 Wonderland. 



Probably because it was not customary for 

 the Limited to stop at Holbrook, the usual as- 

 semblage of curious town-folk were not at the 

 station to meet the train when I arrived, and 



