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INDEX 



Pictou, Joseph, Nova Scotia moose 



antlers, 360 

 Pike, Warburton, quoted, 357 

 Pitfalls, used by Indians, 11; in 



Europe, 330, 332 

 Place names derived from moose, 



53-55, 372-373 

 Playfulness of elk, 310, 312 

 Pliny, his name for elk, 241; de- 

 scription, 275 

 Poachers, 364 :: 297-298, 331-333, 

 384 



Poland, fossil elk antlers, 336; 

 extinction of elk in, 285 



Pomet, Pierre, elk hoofs in medi- 

 cine, 349-350 



Pontoppidan, description of elk, 

 280 



Pottinger, Sir Henry, 160, 320, 

 327; increase of elk in Norway, 

 290-291 ; size of elk, 300 



Pounding on a tree in calling, 130 



Prehistoric hunters, 132 



Preserves of moose, private, 35, 

 36, 72-73; public, 37, 38, 361- 

 366, 372 



Prichard, see Hesketh- Prichard 



Prince Edward Island, 27, 251, 

 (note) 



Prongs, how counted, 190, 191 

 Propagation of moose, 72-73, 361- 

 365 



Protective legislation, 41, 52, 227- 



231, 361-365 

 Purchas, "Pilgrimes," quoted, 11- 

 12 



Quebec, 54, 78, 237; moose in, 39; 

 hunting in, 50, game law, 52; 

 antlers, 186, 358; big-game 

 refuges, 362, 364 



Quetico Provincial Reserve, On- 

 tario, 362-364, 378, 382 



Racing moose, 376-377 

 Radclyffe, Capt., 178 (note); 



stalking moose, 316-317 

 Radisson, moose hunting, 26 

 Rand, Rev. S. T., an Indian myth, 



250-251 



Range of moose, 32-52, 226, 367 

 : 1288-290; Montanus quoted, 

 20-21 ; Judge Dudley, 24; Cham- 

 plain, 25; Sagard-Theodat, 25; 



Radisson, 26; Denys, 26-27; 

 Michigan, 29; in Newfound- 

 land, 370-371; in New Zealand, 

 367-369 



Rasle, Fr., slaughter of moose, 



28; Abnaki dictionary, 237 



(note), 265, 267, 268 

 Record spread, moose antlers, 177 

 "Red deer," in America, 239 

 Red deer (Cervus elaphus), 167, 



170, 195, 237, 239,342,382 

 Reed, A. S., moose antlers, 178, 



182, 357 

 Reed-McMillan collection, 178 

 Refuges, for game, 361-365 

 Removal of meat from the woods, 



229-231 



Renous River, N. B., antlers illus- 

 trated, 14, 68, 174 



Restigouche River, N. B., antlers, 

 359 



Restocking moose range, 371-372 

 Rhine, former home of elk, 276, 

 337 



Rhoads, S. N., quoted, 372 

 "Riding down" saplings, 87 

 Riding Mountains, Man., 375 

 Riding Mountain Preserve, 363 

 Riggs, Gov., estimates of moose 



in Alaska, 43-44 

 Rinderpest, 73 : : 305 

 Roast haunch of moose, 209 

 Rock carving of elk, 273 

 Rocky Mountains, 37, 54, 64, 81 



(note), 180, 183, 217; an Indian 



myth, 257-260; antlers, 358 

 Rocky Mountain Park, Alberta, 



362 



Roosevelt, T., encounter with a 

 vicious moose, 78-80 



Ross, B. R., Indian uses for moose 

 products, 202-203 



Rungius, C, moose called by, 121 



Russell, Lazare, New Brunswick 

 moose antlers, 359 



Russia, elk in, 288-290; number, 

 292, 297, 330; htmting regu- 

 lations, 296-298; stalking, 318; 

 hunting with dog, 320-322, 

 326; elk drives, 322-326; "cir- 

 cling," 325; calling, 327-329; 

 pitfalls, 330; antlers, 334-335, 

 339, 344-345; elk in captivity, 

 14, 309-315; tribute paid in 

 elk skins, 285; elk migrations. 



