INDEX. 



Antelope, iboetseq.; shed horns annually, 

 181 ; as food, 181 ; appearance of, 181 ; 

 curiosity of, 182 ; flagging, 182 ; shyness 

 of, 183 ; habits of, 184, 201, 203-205 ; 

 fleetnessof, 186 ; cannot jump high, 187 ; 

 broad jumpers, 188 ; tame fawns, 189 ; 

 killed by war-eagle, 190 ; voice of, 191 ; 

 haunts of, 191 ; need water, 191 ; hints 

 for hunting, 194 ; author hunts, 195- 

 204, 210-213 ; author kills, 204, 213 ; 

 follow the leader, 205 ; trust in eyesight 

 of, 322 



Aurochs, 243 



Avocet, 64 



jer, hole, 208 ; foe to prairie-dog, 

 209, 2IO 



Bad Lands, appearance of, 2, 228 ; geo- 

 logical formation of, 143, 144 



Bear, black, 307 



Bear, grizzly, 297 et seq.; less dangerous 

 than of old, 297-299 ; compared with 

 other big game, 300-302 ; men killed 

 by, 302, 303, 321 ; attack of a, 302 ; 

 horse beats off a, 305 ; method of hunt- 

 ing. 305 I author hunts, 305-314, 316- 

 320 ; whining of, 308 ; author kills, 

 313, 320 ; weight of, 314 ; name of, 

 how derived, 314 ; as food, 316 



Beaver, 48 ; meadow, 49 ; dam, 50 



" Bedding down," 72 



Big-horn, see Mountain sheep. 



Bighorn Mountains, 275 ; resemblance of, 

 to Adirondacks, 285 



Bone-hunters, 244 



Books, suggestions for a ranchman's 

 library, 12 



Buckboard, 172 



Bucking horses, 5, 6 



Buffalo, extermination of, 3, 242-245 ; 

 remains of dead, 243, 244 ; trails, 244 ; 

 gregariousness of, 245, 246 ; mountain 

 species of, developed by hunting, 247 ; 

 natural reasons for extermination of, 

 249 ; dangers of hunting, 250 ; man 

 killed by, 250, 251 ; adventure of John 

 Roosevelt with, 251 ; tenaciousness of 

 life of a, 253 ; easily tamed, 254 ; best 

 rifle for shooting, 254, 255 ; author 

 hunts, 257-263, 267-269 ; charged by a, 

 262 ; kills, 268 



Buffalo, mountain, see Buffalo, wood. 



Buffalo, wood, 247, 248 



Buffle-head, see Ducks, dipper. 



Camp, how made, 55 et seq. 



Cattle plains, the northern, 2 



Cattle raising, progress of, 3 et seq.; un. 

 profitable for new men, 20 



Chimney Butte ranch, 9 



Cougar, haunts of, 25 ; method of killing 

 steers, 25 ; bronzes of, 26 ; negro killed 

 by, 26, 27 ; easily trapped, 28 ; foe to 

 elk, 275 



Coulies, 10 



Cowboys, 6 ; characteristics of, 7 ; Texans 

 most expert, 7 ; dress of, 7, 8 ; horse- 

 gear, 8 ; seat in saddle of, 8 ; work of, 

 15, 16 ; pleasures of, 16, 17 ; call of, 

 306 



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