Contents, 



CHAPTER XII. 

 THE BISON OR AMERICAN BUFFALO. 



Extermination of the bison — My brother and cousin take a hunting trip in Texas 

 — Hardships — Hunting on the Brazos — Many buffah:) slain — Following four 

 bulls — A stampede — Splitting the herd — Occasional charges — A Comanche 

 war party — Great herds on the Arkansas — Adventure of Clarence King — 

 The bison of the mountains — At the vanishing point — A hunt for mountain 

 bison — A trail discovered — Skilful tracking — A band of six — Death of the 

 bull — A camp in the canyon ........ 230-254 



CHAPTER XIII. 



THE BLACK BEAR. 



Habits of the black bear — Holds his own well in the land — The old hunters — 

 Hunting bear with dogs — General Hampton's hunting — Black bear at bay 

 — A bear catching mice and chipmunks — Occasional raids on the farm 

 yard — Their weight — Those I have killed ...... 255-264 



CHAPTER XIV. 

 OLD EPHRAIM, THE GRISLY BEAR. 



The king of American game — Varieties of the grisly — Worthlessness of old 

 hunters' opinions — Grisly contrasted with black bear — Size — Habits in old 

 times — Habits nowadays — Hybernating — Cattle killing — Horse killing — 

 Range cow repels bear — Bear kills sheep and hogs — Occasional raids on 

 game — Killing bison, elk, and moose — Eats carrion — Old he's sometimes kill 

 cubs — Usually eats roots and vegetables — Fondness for berries — Its foes — 

 Den — Fond of wallowing — She's and cubs — Trapping bears — Hunting them 

 with dogs — Ordinarily killed with rifle ...... 265-295 



CHAPTER XV. 



HUNTING THE GRISLY. 



Camp in the mountains — After the first snow — Trailing and stalking a big bear 

 — His death — Lying in camp — Stalking and shooting a bear at a moose car- 

 cass — Lying in wait for a bear by a dead elk — He comes late in the evening 

 — Is killed — A successful hunting trip — A quarrel — I start home alone — Get 

 lost on second day — Shot at a grisly — His resolute charge and death — 

 Danger in hunting the grisly — Exaggerated, but real — Rogers charged — Dif- 

 ference in ferocity in different bears — Dr. Merrill's queer experience — 

 Tazewell Woody's adventures — Various ways in which bears attack — Ex- 

 amples — Men maimed and slain — Instances — Mr. Whitney's experience — A 

 bear killed on the round-up — Ferocity of old-time bears — Occasional unpro- 

 voked attacks — A French trapper attacked — Cowboys and bears — Killing 

 them with a revolver — Feat of General Jackson .... 296-334 



