Antelope, VI¶1, et seq.; shed horns annually, VI¶1; as food, VI¶1; appearance of, VI¶2; curiosity of, VI¶3; flagging, VI¶3; shyness of, VI¶3; habits of, VI¶6, VI¶31, VI¶34-VI¶35; fleetness of, VI¶8; cannot jump high, VI¶9; broad jumpers, VI¶10; tame fawns, VI¶11; killed by war-eagle, VI¶13; voice of, VI¶14; haunts of, VI¶16; need water, VI¶15; hints for hunting, VI¶22; author hunts, VI¶24-VI¶34, VI¶41-VI¶44; author kills, VI¶34, VI¶44; follow the leader, VI¶35; trust in eyesight of, see Addendum

Aurochs, VIII¶3

Avocet, II¶26

Badger, hole, VI¶37; foe to prairie-dog, VI¶38, VI¶40

Bad Lands, appearance of, I¶2, VII¶8; geological formation of V¶22, V¶23

Bear, black X¶14

Bear, grizzly, X¶1, et seq.; less dangerous than of old, X¶1-X¶2; compared with other big game, X¶3-X¶4; men killed by, X¶6, X¶7, X¶31; attack of a, X¶6; horse beats off a, X¶9; method of hunting, X¶10; author hunts, X¶11-X¶23, X¶27-X¶29; whining of, X¶17; author kills, X¶22, X¶29; weight of, X¶23; name of, how derived, X¶23; as food, X¶26

Beaver, II¶4; meadow, II¶4; dam, II¶5

"Bedding down," III¶10

Big-horn, see Mountain sheep.

Bighorn Mountains, IX¶8; resemblance of, to Adirondacks, IX¶22

Bone-hunters, VIII¶5

Books, suggestions for a ranchman's library, I¶12

Buckboard, V¶56

Bucking horses, I¶5

Buffalo, extermination of, I¶3, VIII¶2-VIII¶7; remains of dead, VIII¶4, VIII¶5; trails, VIII¶6; gregariousness of, VIII¶7, mountain species of, developed by hunting, VIII¶10; natural reasons for extermination of, VIII¶11; dangers of hunting, VIII¶12; man killed by, VIII¶12; adventure of John Roosevelt with, VIII¶13; tenaciousness of life of a, VIII¶14; easily tamed, VIII¶16; best rifle for shooting, VIII¶17; author hunts, VIII¶21-VIII¶27, VIII¶35; charged by a, VIII¶25; kills, VIII¶35

Buffalo, mountain, see Buffalo, wood.

Buffalo, wood, VIII¶10

Buffle-head, see Ducks, dipper.

Camp, how made, II¶12, et seq.

Cattle plains, the northern, I¶2

Cattle raising, progress of, I¶3, et seq.; unprofitable for new men, I¶24 20

Chimney Butte ranch, I¶10

Cougar, haunts of, I¶31; method of killing steers, I¶31; bronzes of, I¶31; negro killed by, I¶32; easily trapped, I¶35; foe to elk, IX¶6

Coulies, I¶10

Cowboys, I¶7; characteristics of, I¶7; Texans most expert, I¶7; dress of, I¶8; horse-gear, I¶8; seat in saddle of, I¶9; work of, I¶17, I¶18; pleasures of, I¶19; call of, X¶14

Cow-buntings, III¶13

Coyote, extermination of, I¶27; kills sheep, I¶27; wail of, IV¶29; will not harm game hanging up, V¶55; kills antelope fawns, VI¶12; found near prairie-dog towns, VI¶38;

Curlew, II¶20

"Cutting out," manner of, I¶18

Deer, black-tail, V¶1, et seq.; appearance of, V¶1, V¶32; gait in running of, V¶3; haunts of, V¶5, V¶22; hunting on horse-back, V¶6-V¶7; still-hunting, V¶8; most desired game, V¶9; extermination of, rapid, V¶9; curiosity of, V¶10; author hunts, V¶10, V¶46-V¶55, V¶57-V¶60, V¶62; author kills, V¶10, V¶29, V¶49, V¶54, V¶60, V¶62; habits of, when hunted, V¶11-V¶13, V¶21; dress for hunting, V¶20; habits of, V¶23-V¶27; hunting in darkness, V¶29; formidable when wounded, V¶30; hints for hunting, V¶33-V¶37, V¶41; where to hit a, V¶35; killed by mistake, IX¶25

Deer, mule, see Deer, black-tail.

Deer of the river bottoms, see Deer, white-tail

Deer, white-tail, IV¶1, et seq.; haunts of, IV¶2; author hunts, IV¶4-IV¶6, IV¶25; author kills, IV¶6, IV¶25; sagacity of two fawns, IV¶7; habits of, IV¶8, IV¶10; fawns as pets, IV¶11; hints for hunting, IV¶12-IV¶18; difficulty in seeing, IV¶26; change of coat of, IV¶26; gait in running of, V¶3

Dogs, combat of, with wolves, I¶29; match for cougar, I¶34; little used on plains, III¶4, III¶45; in danger of poison, III¶4, V¶36; shooting grouse over, III¶27, et seq.; "stub-tail", III¶27; coursing jack-rabbits with, III¶45; coursing wild turkey with, III¶49; hunting white-tail deer with, IV¶16; in deer hunting, V¶36; riding after hounds a manly sport, V¶39; coursing antelope with, VI¶8, VI¶23; desirable in hunting grizzlys, X¶10

Dough-bird, II¶26

Dow, Will, IX¶32

Duck, shoveller, II¶9, II¶19

Duck, spoon-bill, II¶9

Ducks: mallard, II¶7, II¶8, II¶15; delicious eating, II¶15; gun for duck-shooting, II¶8, II¶16; pintail, II¶9, II¶17; scaup, II¶14; red-head, II¶15; dipper, II¶14; canvasback, II¶15; wood, II¶17; overtaken by a hawk, II¶18

Eagle, bald, hunting teal, II¶18

Eagle, golden, VI¶13

Eagle, war, see Eagle, golden.

Elk, disappearance of, IX¶1, IX¶4-IX¶6; where found, IX¶2, IX¶7; mild nature of, IX¶2; herd's trust in leaders, IX¶2; foes of, IX¶6; travel in single files, IX¶14; author tracks, IX¶15, IX¶16; gait in running of, IX¶16; author kills, IX¶16, IX¶25, IX¶29, IX¶30, IX¶34, X¶16; tongues of, delicious, IX¶17; whistling of bull, IX¶27

Elkhorn ranch, I¶10, VII¶2

Ferris, deer hunt of, IV¶4-IV¶6

Fort McKavett, III¶47, III¶49

Fort Terret trail, III¶47

Game butchers, V¶16

Game-zones, V¶4

Geese, II¶1; shooting with rifle, II¶1, II¶2, II¶3; with buckshot, II¶16

Gérard, Jules, X¶3

Goose: Canada, II¶1; snow, II¶3,

Greyhounds, III¶45, III¶49, V¶40, VI¶8, VI¶23

Grouse, III¶1, et seq.; blue, III¶3, IX¶21

Hail kills lambs, IV¶23

Hare, Little Chief, IX¶22

Hawk: lanner, II¶18; Cooper's, II¶18

Horned frog, VI¶17

Hunters, professional, I¶38; so-called, I¶38; old-time, I¶38; requisite for good, V¶13, V¶20, V¶37

Hunting season for deer, V¶45

Indians, driven from Bad Lands, I¶3; have no claim to lands seized by government, I¶22; plan for treatment of, in regard to lands, I¶22; poor shots, V¶37; patient hunters, V¶37; enemies to buffalo, VIII¶7

Little Missouri River, I¶10

Lost, how not to get, IX¶19

Lynx, I¶26, X¶19

Magpie, VI¶26

Manitou, valuable horse, I¶43, IV¶18, V¶6, V¶29, V¶53, V¶54, V¶56, VI¶24, VI¶36, VI¶41, VI¶45; hunting antelope with, VI¶34

Marksmanship, at targets and wild animals, I¶44-I¶48; exaggerated stories of, I¶46; of old hunters, I¶47

Marlin, II¶26

Mastiff disconcerted by fawns, VI¶11

Meadow lark, I¶14

Medicine Buttes, VI¶47

Merrifield, I¶48, VII¶2-VII¶4, IX¶9, IX¶14, IX¶25, IX¶30, X¶15, X¶18, X¶22; shoots elk, IX¶17; kills black bear, X¶14; kills grizzly bear, X¶25; wounds grizzly bear, X¶28

Middle Butte, VII¶16

Middle plains of the United States, the great, I¶1, I¶2

Mountain sheep, VII¶1, et seq.; appearance of, VII¶8; agility of, VII¶8; haunts of, VII¶5-VII¶7; habits and characteristics of, VII¶8, VII¶10; hints for hunting, VII¶12; adventures of author in hunting, VII¶13-VII¶19; killed by author, VII¶19; hunting, toilsome, VII¶22; as food, VII¶23

Mud holes, VI¶33; horse falls into, VIII¶33

Musk-rat, II¶6

Nutcracker, IX¶22

Old Ephraim, see Bear, grizzly

Otter, II¶6

Owl, burrowing, VI¶38

Pack rats, foes to books, I¶13; origin of name, I¶13

Plains sparrows, I¶14

Plover: grass, II¶22 golden, II¶22; plains, II¶27

Pocket-gopher, VI¶37

Pocket-mouse, I¶13

Pot-shooting, III¶4, III¶26

Powder River, IV¶2, IV¶15

Prairie, description of, VI¶29;

Prairie-dog, VI¶37;

Prairie-fowl, sharp-tailed, III¶3, III¶27; when to eat, III¶3; rarely shot over dogs, III¶4; pot-hunting, III¶5; author shoots, III¶5; habits of, III¶13-III¶16, III¶19, III¶20, III¶26; "booming" of, III¶7; nest and chicks of, III¶8; habits of, when flushed, III¶15; shooting with dogs, III¶27-III¶31

Prong-horn, see Antelope.

Quarry of ranchmen, I¶36

Quicksand, VI¶32, VI¶33

Rabbits: cotton-tail, III¶43; jack-, III¶43

Ranches, I¶5

Ranch-house, description of, I¶5 author's, I¶12

Ranch life, charm of, I¶16; work of, I¶17; decadence of, I¶24; offers chance for sport, I¶37;

Ranchman, I¶8; dress, I¶8, I¶42

Rattlesnake, VI¶18-VI¶21; girl killed by, VI¶18; cattle struck by, VI¶21; in prairie-dog holes, VI¶38

Revolver, I¶41, III¶4, VI¶7

Rifle: Bullard, I¶40; Sharp's, I¶40, I¶45; Winchester, I¶40, VI¶7; ranch-gun, I¶41; Winchester Express, I¶45; and shot-gun compared, III¶1; Sharp's, for buffalo, VIII¶17; Winchester, for buffalo, VIII¶17, VIII¶18; pea, X¶1; Winchester, for grizzly, X¶1; Spencer, X¶8

Roosevelt, Elliott, brother of the author, kills a cougar, I¶32; shoots grouse, III¶27, III¶31; letter from, III¶46; shoots turkey, III¶48; charged by buffalo, VIII¶13; hunts buffalo, VIII¶19

Roosevelt, John, adventure with a buffalo, VIII¶13

Rope, manner of throwing the, I¶17

Round-up, description of a, I¶17

Sage-fowl, III¶32; haunts of, III¶33; call of, III¶34; habits of, III¶35, III¶39; as food, III¶38; vitality of a, III¶40; a day's sport with, III¶40-III¶42

Sandy, II¶25

Shack mice, I¶13

"Shaps," I¶8

Sheep hated by cowboys, IV¶23

Shot-gun, choke-bore, I¶41; hammerless, I¶41; useful for white-tail deer, IV¶16

Skunk, II¶24; bite sometimes deadly, II¶24; Sandy shoots a, II¶25

Skylark, VI¶41

Skylark: Missouri, I¶14

Slews, II¶7

Snow-bunting sings on wing, I¶14

Stilt, II¶26

Storm, in the Bad Lands, IV¶21; 119 at Medicine Buttes, VI¶50, VI¶51

Teal, II¶9, II¶19; killed swimming by eagle, II¶18

Teal, blue-winged, II¶9

Teal, green-winged, II¶9

Thrush: hermit, I¶14; brown, I¶14

Tracking, V¶42

Trout, IX¶24

Turkey, wild, III¶46; shooting in the roosts in Texas, III¶46-III¶48; coursing with greyhounds, III¶49

"Vic," I¶47

Wapiti, see Elk.

Water, scarcity of, II¶11

Waterfowl, II¶1, et seq.

Widgeon, II¶8, II¶15, II¶19

Willet, II¶26

Wolf, extermination of, I¶27; habits of, I¶28; attacks horses, I¶28; defeated by dogs, I¶29; courtship of wolf and Newfoundland, I¶30; killed by poison, III¶4; stampedes horses, VIII¶30

Wolverine, X¶19

Yellowlegs, II¶26

Yelper, II¶26