A hunter's adventures in the great West

Chapter I. Pack

MONTANA SOIL, CLIMATE, AND APPEARANCE OF THE COUNTRY

MINERAL WEALTH LAST HOME OP THE RED MAN

TRAVELLERS IN A SORRY PLIGHT THE CAMP-FIRE WAKING

DREAMS ARDUOUS AND FATIGUING TRAVELLING FAITHFUL

COMPANIONS SOLITUDES ....... 1

Chapter II. Disappearance Of My Nags Unwelcome Serenade First

APPEARANCE OF BUFFALO DESERTED ENCAMPMENT RE- MARKABLE SUGAR-LOAF MOUNTAIN A FAMILY OF BEARS —

MAKING A PAIR OF TROUSERS — ; BIG-HORNS AND ROCKY- MOUNTAIN SHEEP — THE TURKEY BUZZARD GOOD CAMPING- GROUND ......... 20

Chapter III

EXCELLENT FISHING VICINITY OF FRIENDS OR FOES AN AM- BUSCADE THE SQUAW AND HER PAPOOSE A WIDOW'S

ATTENTIONS CHANGE OF CAMP ABUNDANCE OF GAME

INDIAN DOGS PROCESS OF TANNING CANVAS-BACK DUCKS —

THEIR HABITAT, AND METHODS OF CAPTURING THEM . . 38

Chapter IV. Substitutes For Bait Fishing Experience — The Blue-bird

ALABAMA RICH AND POOR HOOD'S SPERMOPHILUS A

WOUNDED WAPITI — THE MODEST VIOLET SUPPLY OF AM- MUNITION UNEXPECTED PROPOSAL DOGS AND WOLVES

FRIENDS OF LONG STANDING LUDICROUS POSITION HOS- PITABLE TEAMSTERS ....... 57

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Chapter V. Page

WAGGONS ON THE WESTERN WILDS SHOT AT A BUFFALO BY

THE CAMP-FIRE THE BOSS'S STORY . .75

Chapter VI. Coon Or Shell-drake Creek Musk-rats The Skunk

RACOON HUNTING STORY OF A SKUNK A RECOLLECTION OF

MINNESOTA ANAS OBSCURA, BLACK DUCK ALARM IN CAMP

PRAIRIE DOGS FAITHFUL SENTINELS UNWELCOME

GUESTS ANIMAL BAROMETER ...... 105

Chapter VII. An Indian Mother Death Of The Papoose Bid Adieu To

THE TRADERS VOLUNTEER GUIDE HIS HISTORY EXCITING

ADVENTURE ENCOUNTER WITH THE GREY WOLF OF THE

NORTH — A TRAPPER'S COURTING — 'DREADFUL TRAGEDY- CONCLUSION OF THE OLD MAN'S STORY . . . .121

Chapter VIII. Eccentricities Of Cattle Red-headed Woodpeckers

STRANGE CAPERS OF AN OLD DOE — RATTLESNAKE KILLED BY

A DEER THE BOBOLINK, OR REED-BIRD TRAIL OF INDIANS

ATTEMPT TO BURN A BEAR OUT OF A CAVE ROUGHED

GROUSE OBSTINATE COURAGE OF MY OLD GUIDE . .154

Chapter IX. Antelopes The Garter-snake The Jaw And Teeth Of

SNAKES KILDEES SPRIG-TAIL OR PHEASANT-DUCKS

ZEAL IN THE STUDY OF NATURAL HISTORY SPOOR OF THE

BEAR A DAINTY MARAUDER THE VARIEGATED HARE —

THE MISSOURI ENCAMPMENT OF TRAPPERS . . .171