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CHAPTER III. 



IN THE EDMONTON BEDS OF THE CRETACEOUS 



Having entered the Geological Survey of Can- 

 ada, as Head Collector and Preparator of Verte 

 brate Fossils with the assistance of my two sons, 

 Charlie and Levi, (George entered later), West- 

 ward we sped, and as even the longest journey 

 will end, we reached Edgemont, South Dakota, 

 and were driven to Charlie's ranch. My youngest 

 son, Levi, and A. E. Easton, from Quinter, Kan- 

 sas, joined us here. We drove in with our outfit 

 on the 18th of July. A neighbor hauling in to 

 Edgemont the fine skull of Triceratops Charlie 

 had prepared during the winter. This we ship- 

 ped to Dr. Boule for the Natural History Mus 

 eum in Paris. It was a remarkably cold day for 

 this time of the year and the mercury hung close 

 to the freezing point. Loading team and outfit 

 on the car and leaving it in charge of Mr. East- 

 man, we went on ahead. I took a sleeper on the 

 night of the 19th, and woke next morning in the 

 foot hills of the Rocky Mountains rugged in- 

 deed, showing snow in their darker recesses. Part 

 of the day we passed through the Crow Indian 

 Reserve, many of the Indians still living in tents. 

 In the evening we reached Great Falls. I walked 

 across the bridge here, of several spans or a 

 thousand and fifty feet in length. 



