8 . CONTENTS. 



grouse, antelope The cow-camp Standing 

 night guard Dawn Make an antelope hunt 

 An easy stalk A difficult stalk Three antelope 

 shot The plains skylark The meadow lark 

 The mocking-bird Other singers Harsher wil- 

 derness sounds Pack rats Plains ferret, Its 

 ferocity The war eagle Attacks antelope- 

 Kills jack-rabbit One shot on wing with rifle. . 70 



CHAPTER V. 



HUNTING THE PRONG-BUCK; FROST, FIRE, AND 



THIRST. 



Hunting the prong-buck Long shots Misses- 

 Winter weather A hunt in December Riding 

 in the bitter cold The old hunter's tepee A 

 night in a line camp An antelope herd Two 

 bucks shot Riding back to ranch The immi- 

 grant train Hunting in fall Fighting fire A 

 summer hunt Sufferings from thirst Swim- 

 ming cattle across a swollen stream Wagon trip 

 to the Black Hills The great prairies A prong- 

 buck shot Pleasant camp Buck shot in morn- 

 ing Continue our journey Shooting sage fowl 

 and prairie fowl with rifle 90 



CHAPTER VI. 



AMONG THE HIGH HILLS; THE BIGHORN OR MOUN- 

 TAIN SHEEP. 



A summer on the ranch Working among the 

 cattle Killing game for the ranch A trip after 

 mountain sheep The Bad Lands Solitary 

 camp The old horse Manitou Still-hunt at 

 dawn Young ram shot A hunt in the Rocky 

 Mountains An old bighorn stalked and shot- 

 Habits of the game 118 



CHAPTER VII. 



MOUNTAIN GAME; THE WHITE GOAT. 

 A trip to the Bighole Basin Incidents of travel 

 with a wagon Camp among the mountains A 

 trip on foot after goats Spruce grouse Lying 

 out at night A climb over the high peaks Two 

 goats shot Weary tramp back A hunt in the 

 Kootenai country Hard climbing among the 



