Index. 



327 



Manitou, valuable horse, 34, 35, 117, 130, 

 149, 170, 172, 173, 195, 206, 210, 213; 

 hunting antelope with, 203, 204 



Marksmanship, at targets and wild ani- 

 mals, 36-41 ; exaggerated stories of, 

 39 ; of old hunters, 40 



Marlin, 64 



Mastiff disconcerted by fawns, 189 



Meadow lark, 13 



Medicine Buttes, 215 



Merrifield, 41, 221-223, 276, 279, 287, 

 2 93 308, 309, 313 ; shoots elk, 282 ; 

 kills black bear, 306, 307 ; kills grizzly 

 bear, 315, 316 ; wounds grizzly bear, 



319 



Middle Butte, 233 



Middle plains of the United States, the 

 great, i, 2 



Mountain sheep, 220 et seq. ; appearance 

 of, 226 ; agility of, 227 ; haunts of, 

 224-226 ; habits and characteristics of, 

 228, 229 ; hints for hunting, 231 ; ad- 

 ventures of author in hunting, 231- 

 238 ; killed by author, 237, 238 ; hunt- 

 ing, toilsome, 239 ; as food, 240 



Mud holes, 202 ; horse falls into, 266 



Musk-rat, 50 



Nutcracker, 285 



Old Ephraim, see Bear, grizzly. 



Otter, 50 



Owl, burrowing, 209 



Pack rats, foes to books, 12 ; origin of 



name, 13 



Plains sparrows, 13 

 Plover : grass, 62 ; golden, 62 ; plains, 



64 



Pocket-gopher, 208 



Pocket-mouse, 13 



Pot-shooting, 68, 85 



Powder River, 103, 115 



Prairie, description of, 198, 199 



Prairie-dog, 207, 208 



Prairie-fowl, sharp-tailed, 67, 84 ; when 

 to eat, 67 ; rarely shot over dogs, 68 ; 

 pot-hunting, 69 ; author shoots, 69, 

 75-77. 79. 80, 85 ; habits of, 70, 71, 

 73, 74. 78, 79; "booming" of, 70; 



nest and chicks of, 71 ; habits of, 

 when flushed, 76 ; shooting with dogs, 

 86-88 

 Prong-horn, see Antelope. 



Quarry of ranchmen, 28 

 Quicksand, 202, 203 



Rabbits : cotton-tail, 94 ; jack-, 94 



Ranches, 4 



Ranch-house, description of, 5 ; author's, 

 II 



Ranch life, charm of, 14 ; work of, 15 ; 

 decadence of, 20 ; offers chance for 

 sport, 29 



Ranchman, 8 ; dress, 8, 34 



Rattlesnake, 192-194 ; girl killed by, 

 193 ; cattle struck by, 194 ; in prairie- 

 dog holes, 209 



Revolver, 33, 68, 186 



Rifle : Bullard, 32, 33 ; Sharp's, 32, 38 ; 

 Winchester, 32, 185 ; ranch-gun, 33 ; 

 Winchester Express, 38 ; and shot- 

 gun compared, 66; Sharp's, for buffalo, 

 2 54, 2 55 Winchester, for buffalo, 254, 

 256 ; pea, 298, 299 ; Winchester, for 

 grizzly, 298 ; Spencer, 304 



Roosevelt, Elliott, brother of the author, 

 kills a cougar, 26 ; shoots grouse, 85, 

 88 ; letter from, 96 ; shoots turkey, 99 ; 

 charged by buffalo, 251 ; hunts buffalo, 

 256 



Roosevelt, John, adventure with a buf- 

 falo, 251 



Rope, manner of throwing the, 16 



Round-up, description of a, 15, 16 



Sage-fowl, 88 ; haunts of, 88 ; call of, 

 89 ; habits of, 89, 91 ; as food, 90, 

 91 ; vitality of a, 92 ; a day's sport 

 with, 92-94 



Sandy, 63 



Shack mice, 13 



" Shaps," 8 



Sheep hated by cowboys, 120 



Shot-gun, choke-bore, 33 ; hammerless, 

 33 ; useful for white-tail deer, 115 



Skunk, 63 ; bite sometimes deadly, 63 ; 

 Sandy shoots a, 63, 64 



Skylark, 211 



