Contents. ix 



CHAPTER VIII. 



HUNTING IN THE SELKIRKS ; THE CARIBOU. 



A camp on Kootenai Lake Travelling on foot through the dense forests Exces- 

 sive toil Water shrew and water thrush Black bear killed Mountain 

 climbing Woodchucks and conies The Indian Ammal Night sounds 

 A long walk A caribou killed A midwinter trip on snow-shoes in Maine 

 Footprints on the snow A helpless deer Caribou at ease in the deep 

 drifts. . . . . I3I-I55 



CHAPTER IX. 

 THE WAPITI OR ROUND-HORNED ELK. 



A hunt in the Bitter Root mountains A trip on foot Two bull elk fighting- 

 The peace-maker All three shot Habits of the wapiti Their bugling 

 A grand chorus Shooting a bull at sunrise Another killed near the ranch 

 Vanishing of the elk Its antlers The lynx Porcupine Chickarees and 

 chipmunks Clarke's crow Lewis' woodpecker Whisky-jack Trout 

 The Yellowstone canyon 156-176 



CHAPTER X. 

 AN ELK-HUNT AT TWO-OCEAN PASS. 



In the Shoshones Travelling with a pack-train Scenery Flowers A squaw- 

 man Bull elk shot in rain while challenging Storm Breaking camp in 

 rain Two-Ocean Pass Our camp A young ten-pointer shot The moun- 

 tains in moonlight Blue grouse Snow-shoe rabbits Death of a master bull 

 The Tetons Following a bull by scent 111 luck Luck changes Death 

 of spike bull Three bulls killed Travelling home Heavy snowstorm 

 Bucking horse Various hunts compared Number cartridges used Still- 

 hunting the elk . . >. . . . ..',.. . 177-202 



CHAPTER XI. 

 THE MOOSE ; THE BEAST OF THE WOODLAND. 



The moose of the Rocky Mountains Its habits Difficult nature of its haunts 

 Repeated failures while hunting it Watching a marsh at dawn A moose 

 in the reeds Stalking and shooting him Travelling light with a pack- 

 train A beaver meadow Shooting a big bull at dawn The moose in 

 summer ; in winter Young moose Pugnacity of moose Still-hunting 

 moose Rather more easy to kill than whitetail deer At times a dangerous 

 antagonist The winter yards Hunting on snow-shoes A narrow escape 

 A fatal encounter 203-229 



