The Rocky Mountain Wonderland

by Enos A. Mills

Index

Alpine Pass, [80].
Alps, the, compared with the Rocky Mountains, [313], [314];
conservation of scenery in, [315], [323].
Altitude, effects of, [10-12], [302-305].
Andrews Glacier, [153], [338].
Arapahoe Glacier, [153].
Arapahoe Peak, [352].
Aspen, [61], [214], [215], [218], [219].
Austin, Mary, quoted, [46].
Battle Mountain, the mountain sheep of, [41-46].
Bear, black, [63];
above timber-line, [107];
eating dead trout, [136].
Bear, grizzly, and mountain sheep, [43];
tearing up dwarfed trees, [61];
hibernation, [63], [201-203];
above timber-line, [107];
eating dead trout, [136];
watching a forest fire, [142];
a grizzly observed at close quarters, [187-189];
caution, [188];
alertness and brain-power, [189];
following a grizzly, [190], [191];
a cattle-killing grizzly, [191], [192];
curiosity, [192], [193];
attitude towards man, [194-196];
stories of, [196], [197];
food, [197-200];
fishing, [198], [199];
a mother and two cubs, [200], [201];
hibernating habits, [201-203];
emerging from hibernation, [203-205];
young, [205];
cubs as pets, [205], [206];
color and races, [206], [207];
size and agility, [207], [208];
age, [208];
verging on extermination, [208];
shortening the life of a mountain park, [235].
Bears, emerging from snow, [63];
an encounter on the Hallett Glacier, [108], [109];
benefited by deep snow, [269].
Beaver, [136];
the Cascade Colony annihilated by drought, [249-256];
benefited by deep snow, [269], [270];
in the Rocky Mountain National Park, [344].
Beetle, battle with a wasp, [111].
Bellflower, [120].
Bierstadt, Albert, [346].
Bierstadt Lake, [157], [158].
Bierstadt Moraine, [339], [340].
Bighorn. See Sheep, Mountain.
Birch, black, [61], [62].
Bird, Isabella, [346], [347].
Birds, visiting the summit of Long's Peak, [102];
of the mountain-summits, [112-115];
in winter, [271-274];
on Pike's Peak, [306], [307];
of the Rocky Mountain National Park, [343].
Bobtail Gulch, [79].
Boulderfield, [15], [349].
Bowles, Samuel, quoted, [230], [231].

Buckwheat, wild, [118].
Buds, as food, [272].
Cameron's Cone, [309].
Camp Bird Mine, [172], [173].
Camp-bird. See Jay, Rocky Mountain.
Camp-fire, the, [245].
Canada, National Parks, [315], [326], [327].
Chapin, Frederick H., [347];
quoted, [348].
Chapman, Frank M., [59].
Chasm Lake, [162], [339], [350], [351].
Cheyenne Cañon, [300].
Cheyenne Mountain, [299].
Chicago Lake, [157].
Chickadees, [273].
Chinook wind, the, [69-75], [269].
Chipmunk, big, [289], [290].
Chipmunk, busy, [290], [344].
Chipmunks, and heavy snow, [270];
hibernation, [271], [282], [283];
in the author's yard, [277-291];
persistency, [280];
tunnels, [280], [281];
bedding, [281], [282];
bathing, [282];
drinking, [282];
winter stores, [282-284];
a frightened young one, [284];
and weasels, [285];
and coyotes, [285], [286];
sense of proprietorship, [286];
the young, [287], [288];
food, [289];
mobbed by birds, [289], [290];
species, [290];
enemies, [290];
and children, [290], [291].
Columbine, [119], [342].
Conservation Commission, [330].
Continental Divide, [335], [345].
Cony, or pika, [110], [111], [344].
Coyotes, [136];
and chipmunks, [285], [286].
Crags, the, [44], [45].
Cricket, the return horse, [169-183].
Crow, Clarke, [64], [199].
Death Valley, [316].
Deer, above timber-line, [109];
in deep snow, [259], [260];
yarding habit, [262-265];
a herd killed by a mountain lion, [265];
winter food, [265];
summer and winter ranges, [265], [266].
Dickinson, Anna, [347].
Eagle, faithful to its dead mate, [137].
Eagle, golden, [102], [115].
Elk, summer and winter ranges, [265], [266];
preyed upon by wolves, [266].
Estes Park, description, [232], [233].
Fall River Road, [345].
Fern Lake, [350].
Finch, rosy, brown-capped, [112], [113].
Fir, alpine, [61].
Flat-Top Mountain, [44], [341].
Florissant, [298], [299].
Flowers, at timber-line, [65];
of mountain-summits, [116-120];
on Pike's Peak, [308], [309].
Forest Cañon, [341].
Forest fires, records of, [125-128];
resistance of various trees to fire, [128-130];
injury to Southern hardwood forests, [131];
antiquity, [131];
a record in a redwood, [131-133];
origins, [133-135], [139];
following a fire, [135-140];
effect on animal life, [136], [137], [142];
up and down slopes, [140], [141];
heat at a distance, [141];
varying speed, [141], [142];
brilliant displays, [142-145];
cause of some mountain parks, [233], [234].
Forest Reserves, should be kept separate from National Parks, [326-329].
Forester, and scenery, [328], [329].
Fossil-beds, [298], [299].
Fox, silver, [109].
Frémont, John C., [28];
quoted, [231].
Game, big, in deep snow, [259-268];
yarding, [262-265];
winter food, [265], [266];
bunching habit, [267], [268].
Gentians, [342].
Glacier Creek, [340].
Glacier Gorge, [23], [43], [158], [338-340];
scenery, [349].
Glacier meadows. See Meadows.
Glaciers, as makers of lake-basins, [150-153];
in Colorado, [153];
in the Rocky Mountain National Park, [337], [338];
glacial records in the Rocky Mountain National Park, [338-340].
Goat, mountain, [36].
Grand Lake, [157], [158].
Gray's Peak, [90].
Greagory Gulch, [79].
Great Falls, Mont., [71].
Green Mountain, [340].
Grosbeak, Western evening, [307].
Hague's Peak, [337].
Hallett Glacier, [108], [153], [337].
Hayden, Dr. F. V., [330], [335], [338];
quoted, [232], [347].
Hayden Valley, [232].
Hesperus, a return horse, [173], [174].
Horses, the story of Cricket, [169-183];
return horses, [170-176].
Hunt, Helen, [299], [347].
Insects, on the heights, [108], [111].
Jay, Rocky Mountain, [64], [265].
Jordan, Dr. David Starr, [338].
Junco, gray-headed, [115].
Kellogg, Vernon L., [338].
King, Clarence, his "Mountaineering in the Sierra Nevada" quoted, [11].
Lake Agnes, [162].
Lake Mills, [351].
Lake Moraine, [309].
Lake Nanita, [351].
Lake Odessa, [158], [350].
Lakes, made by glaciers, [149-153];
beauties of, [154-160];
names, [157], [158];
ice on, [160];
filled by débris and landslides, [161-165];
in Rocky Mountain National Park, [350], [351].
Landslides, destruction of lakes by, [162-165].
Leucosticte, brown-capped. See Finch, rosy.
Lewis, Judge Robert E., decision as to scenery, [324-326].
Lion, mountain, a game-hog, [42];
pursuing mountain sheep on the heights, [106], [107];
killing a herd of deer, [265].

Lizard Head, [176].
Loch Vale, [158], [338].
Long, Stephen H., his expedition, [302].
Long's Peak, guiding experiences on, [3-18];
the Narrows, [13];
temperature at timber-line, [60];
altitude, [102], [336];
life on the summit, [102];
glacial records about, [338];
flowers on summit, [343];
view, [347], [348];
individuality, [348];
geological history, [349].
Magpie, [64], [136].
Mary Lake, [44].
Meadows, glacier, evolution of, [237-239];
termination, [239], [240].
Mertensia, [118].
Middle Park, [229-231].
Mills Moraine, [339], [349].
Milner Pass, [345].
Minnehaha Falls, [306].
Montana, the Chinook wind in, [71], [73].
Moose, yarding habit, [262], [263].
Moraine Lake, [157].
Moraine Park, [338], [340].
Moraines, in Rocky Mountain National Park, [339], [340].
Mt. Audubon, [352].
Mt. Clarence King, [336].
Mt. McHenry, [339].
Mt. Meeker, [42];
altitude, [348];
geological history, [349].
Mt. Orizaba, [59].
Mt. Richthofen, [162].
Mt. Washington (Colo.), [163], [349].
Mt. Wilson, [176].
Mountain-climbing, speed in, [3-6];
keeping the party together, [7];
quarrels, [7], [8];
sickness, [9-11];
autocracy of the guide, [12-14];
a narrow escape, [15], [16];
suggestions to climbers, [18];
advantages of, [18], [19].
Mountain-sickness, [5], [6], [9], [14];
causes and cure, [10], [11].
Muir, John, quoted, [19], [58], [149], [150].
Mummy Mountain, [335].
Mummy Range, [335].
National Monuments, [318], [319].
National Parks, in Canada, [315], [326], [327];
in the United States, [315] note, [318], [319];
need of separate management, [320], [326-329];
perishable attractions, [321];
wild life in, [322], [323];
as an investment, [323], [324];
development, [326];
should be kept separate from Forest Reserves, [326-329];
establishment of Yellowstone Park, [329];
Rocky Mountain National Park, [335-353].
North Park, [229], [231].
Ophir Loop, [176], [180].
Orton, Dr. Edward L., [338].
Ouray, [171], [172].
Ouzel, water, in winter, [272], [273].
Ouzel Lake, [158].
Paint-brush, [118].
Parks, mountain, their characteristics, [229-232];
origin, [233-235];
end, [235-237];
glacier meadows, [237-240];
as camping-places, [240-245].
Parks, National. See National Parks.
Penn, William, [329].
Pika, or cony, [110], [111], [344].
Pike, Zebulon M., [301].
Pike's Peak, situation, [295];
altitude, [295];
accessibility, [295], [296];
view, [296];
characteristics, [297];
attractions, [297-300];
history, [301], [302];
climate, [302-305];
summit, [305];
life zones, [305], [306];
bird-life, [306], [307];
big game, [307];
wild flowers and trees, [308], [309];
geology, [309], [310].
Pillars of Hercules, [300].
Pine, limber, [61-63].
Pine, lodge-pole, [125], [126], [140];
extension of area, [211];
seeding, [211-213];
spread dependent upon fire, [213];
elements of success, [214];
a forest pioneer, [218], [219];
hoarding of seed, [219], [220];
rapidity of growth, [220], [221];
overgrown cones, [221-223];
fruitfulness, [223];
release of seeds, [223];
character of stands, [224];
giving way to other species, [225];
dependence upon fire, [225], [226];
range, [226].
Pine, pitch, [214].
Pine, short-leaved (Pinus Montezumæ), [59].
Pine, Western yellow, two stumps, [125], [126];
a good fire-fighter, [129];
preserved by fire, [140].
Porcupine, [270].
Prospect Dome, [300].
Ptarmigan, [102], [113], [114];
in the winter snows, [271], [272];
food, [272].
Rabbit, snowshoe, [344].
Rabbits, [270].
Rats, mountain, [137].
Redwood, [128], [130];
a forest-fire record, [131-133].
Rocky Mountain National Park, location, area, and topography, [335], [336];
geology, [337-340];
forests, [341], [342];
wild flowers, [342], [343];
animal life, [343-345];
roads and trails, [345];
streams, [346];
climate, [346];
scenery, [346-350];
lakes, [350], [351];
accessibility, [352];
visitors, [352], [353].
Rocky Mountains, Colorado, scenery of, [313], [314].
St. Vrain Moraine, [339], [349], [350].
San Cristoval Lake, [157].
San Juan Mountains, and return horses, [170], [171].
Scenery, of the Rocky Mountains, [313], [314];
conservation and destruction, [314-331];
in the United States, [316], [317], [321], [322];
a judicial decision, [324-326];
and forestry, [327-329];
literary and official recognition, [329], [330].
Schneider, Dr. Edward C., quoted, [303-305].
Seven Lakes, [309].
Sheep, mountain, [64];
a flock descending a mountain, [23-28];
as acrobats, [24];
fable as to landing on horns, [28], [29];
shape and size of horns, [29], [30];
a wild leap, [30-32];
accidents, [32], [33];
an agile ram, [33-35];
hoofs, [35];
size, color, and other characteristics, [35], [36];
species and range, [36], [37];
in winter, [37];
excursions to the lowlands, [37], [38];
composition of flocks, [38];
craving for salt, [38];
lambs, [38], [39];
near approach to, [40];
a ram killed by a barbed-wire fence, [40], [41];
the flock on Battle Mountain, [41-46];
fights, [44-46];
threatened extermination, [46];
at high altitudes, [105-107];
watching a forest fire, [142];
clings to the heights in snowy times, [266], [267].
Shoshone Peak, [339].
Silver Lake, [157].
Silverton, [171].
Snow, on summits of the Rocky Mountains, [103];
and animal life, [259-275];
a great snow, [268];
and the Chinook wind, [269].
Snow-slides, started by dynamite, [79];
a prospector outwitted, [79-84];
habits, [81];
observation of, [84-86];
classification, [87-90];
coasting on a slide, [91-94];
a large slide, [94-97].
Solitaire, Townsend's, [64], [154], [241].
South Cheyenne Cañon, [298-300].
South Park, [229].
Sparrow, white-crowned, [64], [102], [115], [154].
Specimen Mountain, [38], [335], [337], [343], [344].
Sprague Glacier, [153], [337].
"Springfield Republican," quoted, [230], [231].
Spruce, Douglas, [140].
Spruce, Engelmann, [61].
Squirrel, Frémont, or pine, [64], [344].
Squirrels, and deep snow, [270], [271];
hibernation, [271].
Stone's Peak, [338], [341].
Storm Peak, [349].
Switzerland, conservation of scenery in, [313-315], [323], [327].
Telluride, [171], [172], [174-176], [183].
Thatch-Top Mountain, mountain sheep on, [23-28].
Thunder Lake, [157], [158].
Timber-line, characteristics of, [49-58];
altitude, [50], [59], [60], [101];
determining factors, [58], [59];
temperature, [60];
species of trees at, [60], [61];
age of trees at, [61], [62];
animal life at, [63], [64];
flowers at, [65];
impressions at, [65], [66];
animal life above, [101], [102], [105-115];
flowers above, [116-120].
Trapper's Lake, [157].
Trees, species at timber-line, [60];
age at timber-line, [61], [62];
resistance to fire, [128-130];
methods of reproduction, [214-216];
tolerance and intolerance, [216-218];
of Pike's Peak, [308].
See also Timber-line.
Trout Lake, [157], [176].
Twin Lakes, [157].

Tyndall, John, [18].
Tyndall Glacier, [338].
Wasp, battle with a beetle, [111].
Weasels, above timber-line, [111], [112];
and chipmunk, [285].
Wild Basin, [338], [341];
description, [350].
Willow, arctic, [61].
Willow, propagation, [215].
Wolves, [266], [268].
Woodchuck, above timber-line, [109].
Woodpeckers, [273].
Yarding, [262-265].
Yellowstone National Park, establishment of, [329].
Zones, life, [305], [306].

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