﻿CHAPTER 
  II, 
  

  

  THE 
  EOOKY 
  MOUXTAIK 
  LOCUST 
  IK 
  MONTAI^A 
  IN 
  1880.^ 
  

  

  On 
  the 
  4th 
  day 
  of 
  July 
  I 
  left 
  Omaha, 
  l^Tebr., 
  for 
  Saint 
  Paul, 
  taking 
  the 
  

   Chicago 
  and 
  Northwestern 
  Eaihyay 
  and 
  the 
  Sioux 
  City 
  and 
  Saint 
  Paul 
  

   Eailway, 
  going 
  by 
  way 
  of 
  Sioux 
  City. 
  At 
  Saint 
  Paul 
  I 
  obtained 
  a 
  pass 
  

   over 
  the 
  Northern 
  Pacific, 
  which 
  carried 
  me 
  to 
  Green 
  Eiver, 
  a 
  stage 
  

   station 
  about 
  100 
  miles 
  west 
  of 
  Bismarck, 
  Dak. 
  Here 
  I 
  made 
  some 
  

   collections 
  of 
  the 
  A^arious 
  species 
  of 
  locusts 
  to 
  be 
  found, 
  and 
  also 
  of 
  a 
  

   few 
  data 
  concerning 
  their 
  movements 
  during 
  previous 
  years. 
  From 
  this 
  

   place 
  the 
  journey 
  was 
  continued 
  by 
  stage 
  to 
  Miles 
  City, 
  at 
  the 
  mouth 
  of 
  

   the 
  Tongue 
  Eiver, 
  where 
  I 
  again 
  halted 
  to 
  make 
  collections 
  and 
  inquire 
  

   into 
  the 
  movements 
  of 
  locusts 
  during 
  previous 
  seasons. 
  At 
  Fort 
  Keogh 
  

   I 
  took 
  passage 
  on 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  Yellowstone 
  line 
  of 
  steamers 
  for 
  Terrey's 
  

   Landing, 
  at 
  mouth 
  of 
  Big 
  Horn 
  Eiver, 
  making 
  collections 
  at 
  all 
  wood 
  

   stations 
  and 
  stopping 
  places 
  along 
  the 
  route, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  at 
  the 
  Landing, 
  

   where 
  I 
  remained 
  about 
  twenty 
  hours. 
  From 
  this 
  place 
  the 
  course 
  taken 
  

   was 
  up 
  the 
  Yellowstone 
  Eiver 
  to 
  near 
  Bozeman. 
  During 
  this 
  portion 
  

   of 
  the 
  trip 
  several 
  side 
  journeys 
  were 
  made 
  and 
  some 
  time 
  spent 
  in 
  col- 
  

   lecting 
  specimens. 
  

  

  At 
  Bozeman, 
  where 
  the 
  longest 
  stop 
  was 
  made, 
  I 
  took 
  quite 
  a 
  number 
  

   of 
  side 
  journeys 
  into 
  the 
  surrounding 
  country 
  and 
  mountains 
  for 
  speci- 
  

   mens 
  ; 
  and 
  also 
  spent 
  much 
  time 
  in 
  conversing 
  with 
  persons 
  from 
  various 
  

   parts 
  of 
  the 
  Territory 
  in 
  reference 
  to 
  the 
  flights 
  and 
  habits 
  of 
  the 
  locust 
  

   both 
  for 
  the 
  present 
  and 
  past 
  years. 
  From 
  Bozeman 
  the 
  route 
  lay 
  down 
  

   the 
  Gallatin 
  to 
  its 
  junction 
  with 
  the 
  Madison 
  and 
  Jefferson 
  Eivers, 
  thence 
  

   across 
  a 
  high, 
  dry 
  plateau 
  and 
  rocky 
  valley, 
  and 
  again 
  approaching 
  

   the 
  Missouri, 
  which 
  was 
  followed 
  until 
  within 
  about 
  25 
  miles 
  of 
  Helena. 
  

   At 
  this 
  place 
  considerable 
  information 
  was 
  obtained 
  concerning 
  the 
  past 
  

   movements 
  of 
  the 
  locust, 
  and 
  also 
  numerous 
  specimens 
  of 
  the 
  native 
  

   locusts 
  collected 
  at 
  various 
  localities 
  in 
  the 
  surrounding 
  country. 
  

  

  From 
  Helena 
  I 
  went 
  north 
  to 
  Fort 
  Shaw, 
  where 
  I 
  remained 
  one 
  day, 
  

   and 
  then 
  joined 
  a 
  small 
  hunting 
  and 
  scouting 
  party 
  going 
  southeast 
  

   into 
  the 
  mountains 
  bordering 
  the 
  Missouri. 
  While 
  here 
  I 
  met 
  a 
  hunter 
  

   and 
  trapper 
  who 
  was 
  on 
  his 
  way 
  to 
  Fort 
  Benton 
  ill 
  a 
  small 
  skiff'. 
  I 
  

   joined 
  him, 
  floating 
  down 
  the 
  Missouri 
  to 
  Benton, 
  thus 
  obtaining 
  an 
  

   excellent 
  opportunity 
  of 
  studying 
  the 
  surrounding 
  country 
  and 
  of 
  col- 
  

   lecting 
  specimens. 
  From 
  Fort 
  Benton 
  I 
  took 
  stage 
  to 
  Fort 
  Shaw, 
  re- 
  

  

  ^ 
  Keport 
  of 
  investigations 
  in 
  Montana, 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Lawrence 
  Bruner, 
  made 
  under 
  direction 
  of 
  Dr. 
  Packard. 
  

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