INDEX 
273 
Reaction to kind treatment, 185, 
186 
Reasoning Powers of Reptiles 
Discernment of changes in ter¬ 
rain, 12, 13 
Evasion of turpentine workers, 13 
Examples proving rattler’s rea¬ 
soning power, 28, 29 
Reproduction of Species 
Eggs contain young rattlers, 23, 
96 
Large families the rule, 145 
Nests of the female, 22, 23, 96 
Species: Different Types of Rattlers 
Many different types of rattlers, 
224 
Unusual specimen, 224, 225 
Water rattler, 222, 223, 258, 259 
Temperament and Nature of the 
Diamond-Back 
Actions after having bitten a per¬ 
son, 21, 95 
Confidence can be won, 49, 50 
Effect of captivity, 19, 20 
Love for little children, 102, 202, 
203, 231, 263 
Memory of reptiles for human be¬ 
ings, 106, 107, 159, 160 
Peacefully inclined, 14, 154, 201 
Points in the rattler’s favor, 265, 
266, 267, 268 
Response to kindness, 102, 103 
Sluggish during hibernation, 8 
Tragedies Chargeable to the Dia¬ 
mond-Back 
Berry picking costs boy his life, 
55 
School teacher is fatally bitten, 
259 
Snake hunters’ first-and-last mis¬ 
take, 142, 143 
Three children fatally bitten, 260, 
261 
Trailing the Rattler 
Converging trails, 25 
Easy trailing, 250 
Locating a hidden diamond-back, 
48, 49, 64, 65, 66, 151, 152, 153 
Recognizing the rattler’s trail, 10 
Signs showing direction of rat¬ 
tler’s travel, 10 
Uncle Dave 
Age and infirmaties of Uncle 
Dave, 7, 58 
Benefactor of humanity, 42, 43, 56, 
268, 269 
Boyhood, 16 
Confident that no rattler will ever 
harm him, 270 
Declares war on rattlers, 1 
Early mistakes, 11, 25 
Education, 15, 43 
“Excavating” for rattlers, 7, 8 
Fishing in Suwanoochee creek, 98, 
99 
Layman vs. scientist, 15, 44, 225 
Loses dog, 150 
Narrow escapes, 52, 53, 54, 143, 
147 
Schooling himself in the art of 
snake hunting, 2, 4, 12 
Second son is bitten, 1, 144 
Son is fatally bitten, 1, 144 
Student of nature, 15, 16 
Summary of achievements, 268, 
269 
Temperament adjusted to work, 
184 
Third son barely escapes death, 
1, 144 
Tools of his trade, 7 
Trains others for dangerous call¬ 
ing, 145 
Truthfulness, 43 
Twelve rattlers in one day, 58 
Wild Life; Specific Incidents and 
General Comment 
Alligator, 205 
Bear detours for rattler, 207 
Bruin, the “doctor”, 76, 77 
Coachwhip snake, 176, 177 
Crows display high degree of in¬ 
telligence, 77, 78, 79 
Deodorant emloyed by fox, 76 
Elimination of the unfit, 46 
Hoop snakes, 247, 248 
Joint snake, 256 
Leather wing bat, 138 
Lion a ventriloquist, 26 
Old “Split-Foot”, 72, 73, 74 
Sand hill gopher, 4, 7, 249, 250 
Swamp snake, 81, 94 
Vulture shuns electric wires, 76 
Wolves capable of formulating 
strategy, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74 
Zebras tricked by lion, 26, 27 
