CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER I. 



RUSTLINGS IN THE ROCKIES. 



Clark's Fork Mr. Allen Frontier yarns Rogers didn't want to 

 be killed by a buffalo "Why didn't you catch the bull by the 

 tail ? " Hiram Stewart's narrow escape Twenty years in the 

 mountains and never so near death 9 



CHAPTER II. 



THE PARTY ORGANIZED. 



Mike mashed Sawyer and his pony play circus Sawyer's wander- 

 ings in mid-air Terra-firma at last A chase after Sawyer's 

 pony Allen wants him to "buck some more" The Cayuse 

 submits to the argument of clubs Sawyer declines the hurricane 

 deck for the future Supper on mountain trout 1 8 



CHAPTER III. 



ON THE WAY TO WYOMING. 



Indian's question, " Shostida ? " Huffman in camp Agrees to join 

 us A fine doe ! but Huffman has my gun A day on Bennett 

 creek Allen in luck Huffman curses his Kennedy pea- 

 slinger Nothing but " woodchuck " Universal dampness 

 The luck turns 26 



CHAPTER IV. 



MEDITATIONS IN A WICIUP. 



Philosophy in a tent " Me t-r-r-rusty rifle" Away from the ills of 

 life Elk-heart and hard tack for breakfast The peroration of 

 a donkey's bray Wapiti winds his horn The Monarch of the 

 Rockies dies as a king should die 36 



