3f) DAKOTA TERRITORY. 



bent; livery $4 p. d.; hotels $1 and $2 p. d.; guides $3 p. d.; country both wet and 

 dry; shooting excellent and owners do not object; our correspondent writes: "For 

 chicken and grouse shooting this section cannot be excelled: the sportsman will 

 find plenty of game within an hour's ride of the hotel." 



Centreville (0. & N. W.) Crane's lakes 4 m. from station; prairie chicken, jack 

 rabbit, quail, fox, duck, geese and pelican; first two most abundant; last of Aug. to 

 1st of Sept. best; livery $2.50 to $3.50 p. d.; hotels $1 and $2 p. d.; guides reasona- 

 ble; country open, both wet and dry; shooting good and owners do not object. 



Chamberlain (C. M. & St. P.) Red lake 5 m. and along the Missouri river; both 

 good; duck, geese, prairie chicken, snipe, grouse, etc.; first three most abundant; 

 Sept., Oct. and Nov. best; livery $3 to $4 p. d.; hotels $1 to $2.50 p. d.; guides $1.50 

 p. d. ; trained bird dogs can be had; grounds open, rolling and dry; shooting good 

 and owners as a rule do not object. 



Clark (C. & N. W.) Shooting grounds 3 to 10 m. from station; duck, geese and 



frairie chicken; first most abundant; Sept, and Oct. best; livery $3. 50 p. d.; hotels 

 2 p. d.; country open prairie; shooting good and owners do not object. 



Cle* r Lake (B. C. R. & N.) Clear lake 1 m.; Rush lake 2 m.; Suiton lake 3 m.; 

 woodland 5 m. from station; duck, geese, prairie chicken and jack rabbits; first 

 three most numerous; Aug., Sept. and Oct. best; livery $3 to $5 p. d.; hotels rea- 

 sonable; no regular guides; grounds rolling prairie; shooting good and owners do 

 not object 



Column (C. M. & St. P.) Wild lands 1 m. from station; prairie chicken, duck 

 and geese; first two most abundant; Sept. best for chicken, Oct. for duck; livery 

 $3 p. d.; hotels $1.50p. d.; grounds open; both wet and dry; shooting very good 

 and but few owners object. 



Cooperstown (N. P.) Duck, geese and prairie chicken; first best; Sept. best 

 for duck and chicken; Oct. for geese; livery $5 p. d. ; hotels moderate; dogs can be 

 had; country prairie land and some lakes; shooting good and owners do not ob- 

 ject; our correspondent writes: "Goose shooting in this county cannot be 

 beaten " 



Crystal Spring's (N. P.) Crystal springs near station; mallard, teal, spoonbill 

 and canvas-back duck, black geese, brant, deer and antelope; duck and geese most 

 abundant; Aug. 15 to Nov. 15 best; livery $4 p. d.; hotels $2.50 p. d.; guides $3 p. 

 d.; guides have bird dogs; country hilly, both wet and dry; shooting good and 

 owners do not object. 



Davenport (St. P. M. & M.) Shooting ground in immediate vicinity of station; 

 , geese, duck and prairie chicken; last two most numerous; Aug. and Sept. best; 

 country open; shooting fair and owners do not object. 



Deal wood (F. E. & M. V.) The entire country around the Black Hills furnishes 

 good hunting; bear, mountain lion, deer, antelope, rjeese, duck and prairie chicken; 

 from Aug. 15 and Sept., Oct. and to Nov. 15 best; livery $3 to $7 p. d.; hotels $2 to 

 $3 p. d.; no regular guides; dogs can be had; country diversified shooting very 

 good; owners do not object. 



Dell Rapids (C. M. & St. P.) Skunk creek 6 m.; Brant lake 14 m.; geese, brant, 

 canvas-back duck, mallard and blue wing, teal and prairie chicken; Aug. and Sept. 

 best for prairie chicken; Sept. and Oct. for duck and geese; livery $3 to $4 p. d.; 

 hotels $2 p. d.; guides and bird dogs can be had; grounds dry, gently undulating 

 and open prairie; shooting good; our correspondent writes: "This part of the 

 country has not been frequented to any extent by hunters, therefore game is more 

 plenty and not so wild as in other sections." 



Diana (C. M. & St. P.) Shooting grounds adjacent to station; prairie chicken, 

 duck and geese; first two most abundant; Sept. and Oct. best; livery $3 to $4 p. d.; 

 hotels $1.50 and $2 p. d. ; no guides: country partly dry, partly sloughs and lake 

 beds; shooting very good; owners do not object. 



Dickinson (N. P.) Killdeer mountains 50 m. from station; deer, antelope and 

 grouse; first two most abundant; Dec. and Jan. best; livery $4 p. d.; hotels $2 p. 

 tl.; guides can be had; country wooded, hilly and dry; our correspondent writes: 

 "The shooting is first class "; owners do not object, 



