CONTENTS xiii 



CHAPTER XX 



PAGE 



AVALANCHE AND SLIDE-ROCK 280 



The "Snow- Slide" An Ideal Mountain Section Creek Buried Under 

 Slide- Rock Timber Wrecked by Avalanche Slides and Wild Ani- 

 mals How Slides Originate Twelve Slides in One Mile Slide- 

 RockHow Mountain Peaks Change to Steep Slopes An Object 

 Lesson in False Notch. 



CHAPTER XXI 



THE SMALL NEIGHBORS OF THE BIG GAME .... 293 



Animal Life on the Summits The Little Chief "Hare" A Four- 

 Footed Haymaker The Fate of " Little Mike " The Columbia 

 River Ground-Squirrel A Tiny Chipmunk A Plethoric Ground- 

 Squirrel The Yellow- Haired Porcupine The Pine Squirrel The 

 Pack- Rat The Hoary Marmot The Wolverine The Trappers' 

 Evil Genius Species of Depredations Charlie Smith Gets Square 

 with an Enemy A Wolverine Caught Alive. 



CHAPTER XXII 



SMALL NEIGHBORS OF THE BIG GAME (Continued) .312 



The Pine Marten The Coyote Mule Deer Winter Birds Only 

 Franklin Grouse, or "Fool-Hen" White-Tailed Ptarmigan 

 Harlequin Duck Water Ouzel Eagles and Hawks Clark's Nut- 

 cracker Canada Jay and Magpie. 



CHAPTER XXIII 

 DOWN AVALANCHE CREEK, AND OUT 321 



Cutting our Way Out A Side Trip to High Summits Discovery or 

 Lake Josephine A Camp for Three A Lofty Hunting Ground 

 My Luck Against the Storm- Clouds A Body- Racking Descent 

 The Struggle for a Trail Out Mr. Phillips and I Go Out on 

 Foot The Jack Pine, Down and Up Running Logs Over Down 

 Timber Out at Last. 



