8 CONTENTS. 



Intractability and Selfish Nature. How Mexicans capture it. Is fre- 

 quently killed by Hunters and Sportsmen single-handed. My First 

 Grizzly. A Hunt after a Grizzly with Indians. I am treed. Death of 

 a Warrior. The Funeral Ceremony. The Body subsequently devoured 

 by Wolves. A Comrade and M} T self kill one in Wyoming. A Grizzly 

 invades the Camp. The Midnight Alarm and Hunt. I wound a Cub, 

 and am chased by the Dam. The Ketreat. Indian Anecdote of the 

 Affection of a Grizzly for her Young. Horseback Hunt with Greasers 

 in California. Our Trophies. Death of a Horse, and wounding of its 

 Rider. We lasso Two Cubs. Which is the King of Beasts the Lion 

 or the Grizzly ? Page 40 



CHAPTER III. 



THE BLACK BEAK. 



The Black Bear. Different Varieties. Their Haunts, Habits, and Gen- 

 eral Characteristics. Affection of Mothers for their Cubs. Gravid 

 Females never seen. Migrations of the Bear. Character of its Flesh. 

 Its Game Qualities. Abundance of the Animal in the West The 

 best Dogs for chasing it. How to Hunt it. Its Acuteness of Nose 

 and Expertness in Swimming. Captured by Steamers frequently in 

 Puget Sound. Why it is not Hunted much. A Hunt with Indians. 

 The Scenes and Incidents of a Potlatch. Capture of several Bears. 

 Tripped up while Stalking a Male. Explosion of Gun, A Rude 

 Raft, a Wild Ride, and a Collision with a Barricade. A bad Ducking. 

 I kill a Bear, and receive a bad Wound in the Arm. A Canoe Trip, 

 and a Hard Bump. Reach Camp, and have my Wound dressed. Re- 

 turn of the Hunters. An Indian Festival. How Indians cook Young 

 Bears. I am mistaken for a Bear by Hunters, and shot at. Anecdotes 

 of Men attacked by Bears. A Bear -hunt which results in being 

 Treed. The Release, and Death of the Besieger. How a Doctor cap- 

 tured a Bear. Water versus Courage. A Public Singer and an Imagi- 

 nary Bear. The Remuneration given for keeping his Adventure si- 

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CHAPTER IV. 



THE COUGAR AND LYNXES. 



The Cougar. Variety of its Names. Size, Weight, Strength, Color, and 

 General Characteristics. Its Peculiarities when treed. How Farmers 

 kill it. Anecdotes of its Courage. A Fight with a Wolf and a Bear. 

 Desperate Struggle between a Cougar and an Unarmed Man in Ore- 

 gon. Two Kittens captured. Death of the Dam. A Wild Cougar 

 plays with a Man in Washington Territory. His Fright and Escape. 

 An Episode in Minnesota. My First Cougar. A Weird Funeral Cere- 

 mony among the Digger Indians. Why the Californians are called Tar 

 Heads. My next Capture, and another Form of an Indian Funeral. 

 A Hunt in the Cascade Range. Death of a Cougar. My Companion 

 wounded. Legend of an Enchanted Lake. A Cougar cripples an In- 

 dian. Dangerous Character of the Animal. The best Time for hunt- 



