INDEX 



In cases where page references are separated by a double colon, the 

 references before the double colon refer to the American moose; those 

 following it refer to the Old-World elk (or moose) 



Abnaki, name of moose, 237; 

 Rasle's dictionary, 237 (note), 

 265, 267, 268; myths, 247 



Accessories for hunting trip, 163- 

 165 



Adams, Dr. C. C, quoted, 365 

 Adirondacks, moose in, 33-34, 371 

 Adney, Tappan, quoted, 98 (note) 

 Age which moose attain, 73, 173:: 

 301-302; difficulty of estimating 

 age, 171 

 Aim, point at which to, 160 

 Akeley, C. E., on taxidermy, 197 

 Alaska, 53, 56, 118, 121, 316; 

 moose in, 39 (note), 41; num- 

 ber of moose, 43-44; increase 

 in niimber, 42-44, 362; game 

 law, 44, 52; Alces gigas, 59-60; 

 brow palmation of antlers, 61; 

 gain of territory by moose, 39, 

 42 ; importance of big game, 22 1 

 (note) ; size of moose, 60, 64, 67 ; 

 Mount McKjnley National 

 Park, 362, 363. See Kenai 

 Peninsula 

 Alberta. 39, 54, 55; game law, 52; 

 number of moose killed, 45; 

 antlers, 183, 358; big-game 

 refuges, 362 

 Alee alces, 62 



Alces, origin of name, 239-240 

 Alces americanus, 56, 59, 62 

 Alces americanus shirasi, 60 (note) 

 Alces bedfordioe, 343-345 

 Alces gigas, 59-60, 62 

 Alces latifrons, 335 

 Alces machlis, 62, 241-242 

 Alces palmatus, 62 

 Aldrovandus, elk portraits, 278- 

 279 



Alger, Miss A. L., an Indian myth, 

 251-254 



Algonquian names of moose, 237 

 Algonquin moose myths, 247-254; 



the epilepsy superstition, 266 

 Algonquin Provincial Park, Ont., 



362 



American Museum of Natural 



History, 197, 244 

 Ammunition, 152-160, 380-381 

 Ancient hunting methods, 132 



et seq. 



"Animal magnum," 242 

 Anthrax, 73-305 



Antlers of moose — Alaska, 177- 

 180; Alberta, 183, 358; British 

 Columbia, 182, 357; Maine, 186, 

 189; Manitoba, 183; Minnesota, 

 184; New Brunswick, 187-189, 

 359-360; Nova Scotia, 189, 360; 

 Ontario, 184-186; Quebec, 186, 

 358; Saskatchewan, 358; Yukon, 

 180-182 



Antler characteristics inherited, 

 360; blunt points, cause, 360; 

 brow palmation in Alaska, 61; 

 cast antlers found in woods, 



171, 182; causes which affect 

 growth, 174, 360, 382-383; 

 color, how restored, 200; of cow 

 moose, 174-175; deterioration, 

 169-170, 360; earliest Ameri- 

 can specimens, 166-169; effect 

 of bullet striHng, 366-367; 

 effect of food on growth, 381- 

 383; exaggeration regarding, 21, 

 26, 176; used in fighting, 81, 



172, 173; growth of, 170-174, 

 360; Indian uses for, 202; inter- 

 locked antlers, 175; measure- 

 ment, 190-194; moimting heads, 

 194-198; in old age, 173, 360; 

 spread not the only test, 193; 

 time of casting, 171; velvetj 



387 



