470 



Index. 



Cattle, guarding of, at night, 59 ; brand- 

 ing of, 25 ; killing by bears, 273 ; the 

 pursuit of wild, 350 



Cheyenne Indians, death of two, 440 



Chickaree, the, 172 



Chipmunk, the, 172 



" Circle riding," 61 



Clarke, George Rogers, 7 



Clay, Col. Cecil, 220 



Cock, the chaparral, 349 



Columbian, the, blacktail, 53 ; haunts of, 



54 

 Cougar, the, 17 ; difficulty in hunting, 

 335 ; should be hunted with dogs, 338 ; 

 habits of, 341, 343 ; haunts of, 342 ; 

 seldom attacks man, 343 ; cases of at- 

 tacks on man, 345 ; Trescott on, 346, 



347 



Cowboys, dress of, 58 ; salutation of, 

 58 ; general character of, 413 ; acci- 

 dents to, 427 



Cowley, Mr., 366 



Coyote, see Wolf 



Crockett. Davy, 8 



Crow, Clarke's, 173; Indians, 436 



" Crusting," 225 



" Cut," the, 25 



Deer, the whitetail, 16, 37, 50, 53 ; the 

 blacktail, or mule, 16, 29-31, 33, 35 ; 

 tracks of, 16 ; lying close, 31 ; Eu- 

 ropean red, 170 



Desert region, 2 



Dow, George, 312 



Dow, Will, 168 



Dugout, a night at a, 80 



Eagle, the war, 70-72 



Edwards, Capt. Frank, 436 



Elk, venison as a diet, 175 ; the smell of, 



igo ; stalking a bull elk, 191 ; hint on 



shooting, 192 ; a giant, 192 

 Elk-hunting the most attractive of sports, 



201 

 Elk-trails, peculiarity of, 189 

 Emigrant train, an, 82 



Famine, a meat, 34 



Fare, the, at the ranch house, 20 



Farmers, the frontier, 12 



Ferguson, Robert Munro, 34, 48, 83, 193 



Ferret, the plains, 70 



Ferris, Sylvane, 35, 48, 49 



" Filemaker," jump of, 374 



Fire, a prairie, 83 



Fire hunting, 38 



Fisher, the, 172 



Fool-hen, the, see Spruce Grouse 



Forest, sounds in the, 146 



Fowl, sage, 112 



Fox-hunting as a sport, 377 



Frio, a ranch on the, 349 



Frontiersmen not superstitious, 441 



Game found in American wilderness, 4 ; 

 a comparison of, 169 ; game country, 



177 



Goat-herder, a Mexican, 355 



Goat, the White, 17, in ; shooting a, 

 119, 124 ; flavor of, 125 ; modes of 

 hunting, 125 ; stupidity of, 126 ; ap- 

 pearance of, 127 ; habits of, 127 ; not 

 decreasing in numbers, 129 ; an easy 

 prey, 129 ; haunts of, 130 



Goblin story, a, 441 



Griffin, Hank, 206, 302 



Grouse, spruce, 116 ; ruffled, 117 ; snow, 

 124 



Hampton, Gen. Wade, a bear killer, 

 25S, 399 



Herbert, Mr. H. L., 374 



Hofer, Elwood, 179, 280 



Hornaday, Mr., 220, 249 



Horses, driving loose, 56 



Hounds, not used by early hunters, 361 ; 

 the greyhound, 362 ; scratch packs of, 

 363 ; hunting with, 364 ; Col. Wil- 

 liams' pack of, 367 ; Wadsworth's 

 hounds, 369 ; a run with, 370 ; Mead- 

 owbrook, 373 ; Russian wolf, 411 



Houston, Gen. Sam, 8 



Hunter, an old, 76, 78, 79 ; requirements 

 of a wilderness, 19 ; the real, 178 ; 

 dress, 466 



Hunters', old, opinions on bears, 266 



Hunting-ground, the finest, 18 ; hunting 

 on the Little Missouri, 18 



