CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER I. 



Nursed by a Squaw Boyhood and Early Manhood How 

 an Education was Obtained, 1 



CHAPTER II. 



Old Jim Leatherman's Load The Storm Some Experi- 

 ences with Snakes About Antelope Useless Tails and 

 Queer Horns Fight with a Rattlesnake How Dyche 

 Scared the Tramps out of Camp, . .5 



CHAPTER III. 



In New Mexico Encounter with a Bear Cold Hospital- 

 ity The Retired Boston Merchant and his Mountain 

 Ranch An Able Missouri Liar The Mule that was 

 not a Mule Seven Deer with Seven Shots, . . 21 



CHAPTER IV. 



In New Mexico Hunting Bear Once More at Harvey's 

 The Same Luck Camp Bear Trail The Last Pot-Shot 

 A Long Chase In Ambush Too Much of a Good 

 Thing A Monarch Dethroned What was Done with 

 the Royal Hide, .39 



CHAPTER V. 



Making a New Trail The Storm on the Mountain-Top 

 Neither Bear nor Elk A Journey in Utter Darkness 

 Catching Foxes Unwelcome Visitors Brown's Ava- 

 lanche The Bear was Handicapped An Experience 



with Ants and Fleas, 57 



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