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Index. 



Cow-buntings, 74 



Coyote, extermination of, 2i ; kills sheep, 

 22 ; wail of, 125 ; will not harm game 

 hanging up, 172 ; kills antelope fawns, 

 190 ; found near prairie-dog towns, 209 



Curlew, 6 1 



" Cutting out," manner of, 16 



Deer, black-tail, 126 et seq.; appearance 

 of, 126, 152 ; gait in running of, 127 ; 

 haunts of, 128, 143 ; hunting on horse- 

 back, 129-131 ; still-hunting, 132 ; most 

 desired game, 133 ; extermination of, 

 rapid, 134 ; curiosity of, 134 ; author 

 hunts, 134, 135, 165-172, 174-177, 178, 

 179 ; author kills, 135, 150, 168, 172, 

 J 77 X 79 I habits of, when hunted, 135- 

 137, 142 ; dress for hunting, 142 ; habits 

 of, 144-148 ; hunting in darkness, 149 ; 

 formidable when wounded, 150 ; hints 

 for hunting, 153-157, 160; where to 

 hit a, 155; killed by mistake, 289 



Deer, mule, see Deer, black-tail. 



Deer of the river bottoms, see Deer, white- 

 tail. 



Deer, white-tail, 102 et seq. ; haunts of, 

 103 ; author hunts, 105-107, 122, 123 ; 

 author kills, 107, 123 ; sagacity of two 

 fawns, 108 ; habits of, 109, no ; fawns 

 as pets, no; hints for hunting, ni- 

 117 ; difficulty in seeing, 123 ; change 

 of coat of, 123 ; gait in running of, 127 



Dogs, combats of, with wolves, 24 ; match 

 for cougar, 27 ; little used on plains, 

 68, 95 ; in danger of poison, 68, 156 ; 

 shooting grouse over, 86 et seq.; " stub- 

 tail," 86 ; coursing jack-rabbits with, 

 95 ; coursing wild turkey with, 100 ; 

 hunting white-tail deer with, 115 ; in 

 deer hunting, 156 ; riding after hounds 

 a manly sport, 158 ; coursing antelope 

 with, 186, 195 ; desirable in hunting 

 grizzlies, 305 



Dough-bird, 64 



Dow, Will, 294 



Duck, shoveller, 53, 61 



Duck, spoon-bill, 53 



Ducks : mallard, 51, 52, 57, delicious eat- 

 ing, 58 ; gun for duck-shooting, 52, 58 ; 



pintail, 53, 59 ; scaup, 56 ; red-head, 

 57 ; dipper, 57 ; canvasback, 58 ; wood, 

 59 ; overtaken by a hawk, 60 



Eagle, bald, hunting teal, 60 



Eagle, golden, 190 



Eagle, war, see Eagle, golden. 



Elk, disappearance of, 271, 273-275; 

 where found, 272, 275 ; mild nature of, 

 272 ; herd's trust in leaders, 272 ; foes 

 of, 275 ; travel in single files, 279 ; 

 author tracks, 280, 281 ; gait in running 

 of, 281 ; author kills, 281, 288, 292, 

 293, 296, 308 ; tongues of, delicious, 

 282 ; whistling of bull, 290 



Elkhorn ranch, 9, 221 



Ferris, deer hunt of, 105-107 

 Fort McKavett, 96, 99 

 Fort Terret trail, 96 



Game butchers, 138 



Game-zones, 128 



Geese, 43 ; shooting with rifle, 44, 45, 48 j 



with buckshot, 58 

 Gerard, Jules, 300 

 Goose : Canada, 43 ; snow, 46, 48 

 Greyhounds, 95, 100, 158, 186, 195 

 Grouse, 66 et seq.; blue, 67, 284 



Hail kills lambs, 120 



Hare, Little Chief, 285 



Hawk : lanner, 60 ; Cooper's, 60 



Horned frog, 192 



Hunters, professional, 30 ; so-called, 30 ; 



old-time, 31 ; requisite for good, 137, 



142, 157 

 Hunting season for deer, 163 



Indians, driven from Bad Lands, 3 ; have 

 no claim to lands seized by govern- 

 ment, 18 ; plan for treatment of, in re- 

 gard to lands, 19; poor shots, 157; 

 patient hunters, 157 ; enemies to buffalo, 

 246 



Little Missouri River, 9 

 Lost, how not to get, 283 

 Lynx, 21, 311 



Magpie, 197 



