OF SHOOTING AND FISHING = 139 
Blackfoot Indian reservation, where we were 
obliged to spend the night, for the train which 
stopped at Midvale did not leave till next morning. 
The town is some distance from the station and 
we had difficulty in finding accommodation when 
we arrived there, but at last we succeeded in se- 
curing a room at the hotel. Here one of us took 
a cot with a spring mattress and no bed clothes, 
while the other two had a bed without springs, but 
with some bedding. Our wing was built of logs, 
and from our room we not only. had an excellent 
view of the rooms on either side, but glimpses of 
those beyond, as the logs had nothing between them 
and did not fit closely. The Indian proprietor had 
a splendid command of English and a sharp tongue. 
I asked him whether it would take long to go from 
Browning to where there was game, and his answer, 
that ‘‘it depended upon the direction one went,’’ 
was characteristic. Before retiring we deposited 
money for our game licenses with the store keeper, 
and this he sent to the game warden of Montana. 
The licenses were delivered to us at Dawson’s on 
our return, which enabled us to take our game out 
of the State. They allowed us each to kill six 
goats, one wapiti, and two deer. 
The next morning we caught our train and soon 
arrived at Midvale, which is about twelve miles 
east of the summit of the Rockies, and very pic- 
turesquely situated. Midvale has a section house, 
a water tank, and about a mile from the station 
is the residence of our guide. Communication is 
maintained between the station and the guide’s 
