Vlll CONTENTS. 



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Her late A new mode of capturing calves Lassoing calves 

 Few live Buffaloes in a state of domestication Their stubborn 

 character Favourite habitat of the buiFalo Character of the 

 builalo grass -Sufferings of the animals in winter from hunger 

 How to tell a builalo ground Wallows, and how they are made 

 Whv old bulls leave the herds Use of the buffalo to tbe Indians 

 Future of both The flesh of the buffalo How it is dried A 

 custom of the West Eat all you want, but pocket none How 

 the wolverine feasts on dried buffalo meat Cunning and courage 

 IVmmican What it is, and what it tastes like The most 

 delicate parts of the buffalo Cows better than bulls Vitality of 

 the animals Worst place to shoot at Best weapons for hunting 

 them How old hunters kill them Suggestions to novices 

 American horses versus mustangs Running fifty miles a day for 

 ten days Opinion of old hunters Faults of mustangs in running 

 buffaloes How experienced hunters attack a herd The various 

 systems employed for killing the buffalo Great annual slaughter 

 of the animal Hide-hunters Indians dressed in wolf-skins attack 

 the buffalo Why the} 7 use arrows instead of fire-arms Hunts of 

 the half-breeds of British America The result Indian hunts 

 Driving the animals over a precipice Mean devices of the whites 

 How thousands are destroyed annually Stalking My first 

 hunt The camp and the night alarm A solitary cow killed for 

 luck Chase after a calf Lasso one and get knocked down My 

 horse recaptured Bucking Shooting at antelopes Stalking 

 buffalo skulls Gambols of herds Queer sportsmen A dash after 

 a herd and what came of it My first brush, and how I won it 

 An alarm of Indians The retreat Suspicious horsemen A blood- 

 less but blanching charge Opinions of a party of Teutons about 

 jokes The result to me of my day's hunting A spirited chase in 

 the Republican Valley Falls, and accidents- Wolves and number 

 of quarries killed A magnificent spectacle A thousand hunters 

 and thousands of buffaloes in motion at the same time A night 

 scene Howling wolves and bellowing bisons An alarm of Sioux 

 The retreat Panic-stricken Pawnees. . 100 



CHAPTER VITI. 



The Moose Its range in the West Its form, haunts, and habits 

 The rutting season Cries of the animal How males are lured 

 within rille range "Calling" as an art How to make a call The 

 best callers Young bulls easily inveigled The best time for 

 calling The moose as a browser Difficulties in stalking it 

 Acuteness of its nose and ears How experienced hunters quarter 

 the ground Its haunts in summer Hunting it in winter Dogs 

 and snow-shoes The European and American species How the 

 latter can be domesticated Hide-hunters A moose-hunt and its 

 result A charge Lost in the forest Trying to find camp A 

 welcome moose call Rescued A hunt on snow-shoes Episodes 

 Number of moose killed Diilerence in si/,e and habits between 

 the eastern and western species Large antlers Moose-hunting 

 as an art. ... 



