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 M3'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 Retreat. — 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 

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CHAPTER III. 



THE BLACK BEAR. 



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. 



TEE 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- 



