From here the road branches off to Great Falls, Helena and Butte. This branch is commonly spoken of as the Montana Central Railway. Havre is also division headquarters. This city and Chinook are important cattle shipping points, and the country east to Glasgow, the next railroad division, has very important cattle industries.
An interesting incident to me occured while at Havre. The Indians were coming together from the different reservations to celebrate and have their war dance. It was amusing to see their costumes and the mode of travelling of the hundreds that gathered for this occasion. Fort Assiniboine, a United States Government Post, is near here.
Fort Benton is surrounded by an extensive stock country, and is the head of navigation of the Missouri river, being the oldest town in the state.
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