3nbe;c 



Alpine Pass, 80. 



Alps, the, compared with the 



Rocky Mountains, 313, 314; 



conservation of scenery in, 



315. 323- 

 Altitude, effects of, 10-12, 302- 



305- 

 Andrews Glacier, 153, 338. 

 Arapahoe Glacier, 153. 

 Arapahoe Peak, 352. 

 Aspen, 61, 214, 215, 218, 219. 

 Austin, Mary, quoted, 46. 



Battle Mountain, the mountain 

 sheep of, 41-46. 



Bear, black, 63; above timber- 

 line, 107; eating dead trout, 

 136. 



Bear, grizzly, and mountain 

 sheep, 43; tearing up dwarfed 

 trees, 61; hibernation, 63, 

 201-203; above timber-line, 

 107; eating dead trout, 136; 

 watching a forest fire, 142; a 

 grizzly observed at close quar- 

 ters, 187-189; caution, 188; 

 alertness and brain-power, 

 189; following a grizzly, 190, 

 191; a cattle-killing grizzly, 

 191, 192; curiosity, 192, 193; 

 attitude towards man, 194- 

 196; stories of, 196, 197; food, 

 197-200; fishing, 198, 199; a 

 mother and two cubs, 200, 

 201; hibernating habits, 201- 



203; emerging from hiberna- 

 tion, 203-205; young, 205; 

 cubs as pets, 205, 206; color 

 and races, 206, 207; size and 

 agility, 207, 208; age, 208; 

 verging on extermination, 208 ; 

 shortening the life of a moun- 

 tain park, 235. 



Bears, emerging from snow, 63; 

 an encounter on the Hallett 

 Glacier, 108, 109; benefited by 

 deep snow, 269. 



Beaver, 136; the Cascade Col- 

 ony annihilated by drought, 

 249-256; benefited by deep 

 snow, 269, 270; in the Rocky 

 Mountain National Park, 344. 



Beetle, battle with a wasp, iii. 



Bellflower, 120. 



Bierstadt, Albert, 346. 



Bierstadt Lake, 157, 158. 



Bierstadt Moraine, 339, 340. 



Bighorn. See Sheep, Mountain. 



Birch, black, 61, 62. 



Bird, Isabella, 346, 347. 



Birds, visiting the summit of 

 Long's Peak, 102; of the 

 mountain-summits, 1 1 2-1 1 5 ; 

 in winter, 271-274; on Pike's 

 Peak, 306, 307; of the Rocky 

 Mountain National Park, 343. 



Bobtail Gulch, 79. 



Boulderfield, 15, 349. 



Bowles, Samuel, quoted, 230, 

 231. 



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