CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER I. 



Hints to Sportsmen Best game regions of the United States Pro- 

 fusion of animal life Advantages of the Far West as a hunting 

 ground Best quarters Inconveniences of farm-houses for largo 

 parties Character of guides Resent all assumption of superiority 

 on account of title or wealth Anecdote of their independence of 

 character Action and reaction How to select guides The hest 

 animals for hunting expeditions Tents to he used How and when 

 to pitch them General instructions about camp life What foods 

 and medicines to use Bedding and clothing Stoves Fires and 

 how to build them How to make a fire without matches Lamps 

 Best clothing for hunting Treatment of boots How to prevent 

 the feet from blistering Moccasins and slippers Rubber goods 

 Underclothing An antidote for fever and ague How to prevent 

 the insect plague Picketing horses Necessity of vigilance How 

 sentinels should be posted How to detect the approach of objects 

 Weapons should be convenient Thieves Best fire-arms 

 Bullets Breech-loading shot-guns for forest shooting Woodcraft 

 Lost in the forest Necessity of observation Value of a compass 

 How to track or trail animals in tlight How to procure water 

 Telling the weight, si/,e, and movements of animals by their 

 tracks Use of a field-glass Qualities of a successful hunter 

 Characteristics of best Nimrods Difference between field and 

 target shooting. .......... 



CHAPTER II. 



The Grizzly Bear Its haunts, habits, size, and general characteristics 

 Fear of the human voice Its great strength and courage 

 Fight between a bear and buffaloes The most effective means of 

 killing it Anecdotes of men killed and wounded by it Best 

 weapons for stalking it Is said not to touch a man if he pretends 

 to be dead Examples How three Indians captured one Great 

 warriors and grizzlies Value of claws Judge Blank brings a 

 live grizzly into camp in a new way Grizzly Bill Two Indians 

 treed Subsequent death of one A new mode of killing a grizzly 

 in the West Its tractability and selfish nature How Mexicans 

 capture it Is frequently 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 ceremonv Tlu' bodv 



