CONTENTS. 



Preface 



CHAPTER I. 



THE AMERICAN WILDERNESS ; WILDERNESS HUNTERS AND WILDERNESS 



GAME. 



The American wilderness — Forests, plains, mountains — Likeness and unlike- 

 ness to the old-world wilderness — Wilderness hunters — Boone, Crockett, 

 Houston, Carson — The trappers — The buffalo hunters — The stockmen — 

 The regular army — Wilderness game — Bison, moose, elk, caribou, deer, 

 antelope — Other game — Hunting in the wilderness ..... i-ig 



CHAPTER II. 

 HUNTING FROM THE RANCH ; THE BLACKTAIL DEER. 



In the cattle country — Life on a ranch — A round-up — Branding a maverick — 

 The Bad Lands — A shot at a blacktail — Still-hunting the blacktail — Its 

 habits — Killing a buck in August — A shot at close range — Occasional un- 

 wariness of blacktail ......... 20-36 



CHAPTER III. 



THE WHITETAIL DEER : AND THE BLACKTAIL OF THE COLUMBIA. 



The whitetail — Yields poor sport — Fire hunting — Hunting with hounds — Shoot- 

 ing at running game — Queer adventure — Anecdotes of plainsmen — Good 

 and bad shots — A wagon trip — A shot from the ranch-house verandah — The 

 Columbian blacktail 37-54 



