Index

Alma, [119], [127].
Arctostaphylos Uva-Ursi. See [Kinnikinick].
Aspen, [204-206], [208].
Bears, vapor from a bear, [20];
a bear and her cubs, [79];
prospectors besieged by, [217-229];
feeding on choke-cherries, [237].
Beaver, [238], [242];
usefulness of, [53];
cutting trees, [54-56];
young, [56-58];
houses of, [57];
granary of, [58];
tools of, [58], [59];
dam-building, [59], [60];
growth of a dam, [61];
the dam a highway, [61];
influence of dams on stream-flow, [61-64];
dams catching and holding soil, [64-67];
value of, [67].
Birds, Rocky Mountain, abundance of, [151], [152], [237];
various species of, [152-159];
song of, [159];
a pet quail, [160-167];
of a mountain park, [241], [242].
Boulder, a lava, [247-249].
Cabin, a night in a deserted, [22], [23].
Camp-fires, [5], [6], [77];
the spell of the camp-fire, [256], [257].
Camping outfit, [4].
Carpenter, Prof. L. G., [4], [83].
Chambers Lake, [93].
Chickadee, [155].
Chipmunk, [242].
Columbine, [208].
Cottonwood, broad-leaf, [200].
Cottonwood, narrow-leaf, [200].
Coyotes, [77], [242];
Scotch and the, [133-138];
usefulness of, [237].
Crested Butte, [7].
Crow, [156-158].
Deer, [9].
Dog, the story of a collie, [131-147];
a St. Bernard and a pet quail, [160], [164-167].
Edwinia, [208].
Electrical phenomena, in winter, [26];
before the Poudre flood, [83-95].
Fir, balsam (Abies lasiocarpa), [207], [208].
Fir, Douglas. See [Spruce, Douglas].
Fires, forest, [12], [14];
and the lodge-pole pine, [186], [187], [191], [192];
causes of, [209];
effects of, [209], [210];
Indian tradition of a "Big Fire," [249], [250].
Flowers, above timber-line, [211-213];
of a mountain park, [241].
Forestry, an address on, [13], [14].
Gem Lake, [240].
Geneva Park, [217].
Geologist, a night with a, [247-252].
Girl, climbing Long's Peak with an eight-year-old, [99-111].
Glaciation, [234], [235], [243].
Glaciers, [243].
Grand Ditch Camp, [93].
Grand Lake, [14], [15], [22].
Ground-hog, [110], [237].
Grouse, [9].
Hague's Peak, [84].
Hoosier Pass, [119], [123].
Horses, return, [115-118];
Midget, [119-128].
Hotel, ejected from a, [11].
Ice, fine arts of, [12].
Kinnikinick, a plant pioneer, [171-175];
its nursery for trees, [175], [176];
growth of, [176], [177];
flowers and fruit of, [177];
as a bed, [177], [178];
a legend of, [178], [179];
reclaiming work of, [180].
Lakes, [235], [239], [240].
Lead Mountain, [9].
Leadville, [125].
Lion, mountain, [6], [20], [23];
an epicure, [9], [10];
tracked by a, [10].
Long's Peak, [15], [84];
a climb up, with a little girl, [99-111];
summit of, [109], [110];
Scotch and the young lady on, [138-141];
a winter climb with Scotch, [142-147];
birds on summit of, [158].
Loveland, [91].
Mammals, [237].
Medicine Bow National Forest, [23].
Medicine-men, [10], [11].
Mesa Verde, [31], [48], [49].
Moonlight, the mountains by, [254-256].
Mt. Coxcomb, [244];
camping on the slope of, [246-254], [256].
Mt. Lincoln, [11], [123].
Mt. Richthofen, [93].
Mt. Silverheels, [120], [121].
Mt. Wetterhorn, [244].
Ouzel, water, [100-102], [152], [153], [158], [159].
Park, a Rocky Mountain, [238-244].
Pine, nursed by kinnikinick, [175], [176].
Pine, lodge-pole, its names, [183];
description of, [183];
its habit of growth, [183], [184];
its aggressive character, [184];
distribution of, [184], [185], [208];
its method of dispersing its seeds, [185-187], [191];
growth of, [187], [188], [193], [194];
as a colonist and pioneer, [189];
cones embedded in, [189], [190];
sunlight necessary to, [190];
fire in a forest of, [191], [192];
enemies of, [193];
uses of, [193];
value of, [193-195].
Pine, Western yellow, a thousand-year-old, [31-50];
habits of the, [200-204];
character of the, [240].
Pinus flexilis, [188], [208].
Plants, of the summit-slopes, [235], [236].
Potentilla, [208].
Poudre Lakes, [86].
Poudre Valley, flood in, [83], [95].
Ptarmigan, [9], [107], [153], [158].
Quail, a pet, [161-167].
Rabbit, snowshoe, [9].
Rex, a St. Bernard dog, [160], [164-167].
Rock, easily eroded, [246].
Rock-formations, grotesque and beautiful, [245], [246].
Rocky Mountains, individuality of, [213];
character of, [233], [234].
Schoolhouse, a mountain, [13].
Sheep, mountain, [9];
a flock of, [78].
Silence, [254].
Snow, tracks in, [9].
Snow-cornice, breaking through a, [17].
Snow-fall, [7].
Snow-slides, [19], [20];
an adventure with a snow-slide, [24], [25].
Snowstorm, a, [8].
Solitaire, [153-155].
Specimen Mountain, electrical phenomena on, [88-92].
Spruce, Colorado blue or silver, [207], [208].
Spruce, Douglas, or Douglas fir, [188], [189], [203], [204];
a large stump, [249].
Spruce, Engelmann, [188], [189], [208], [241], [249];
the story of a forest of, [250-252].
Squirrel, Douglas, [242];
as a nurseryman, [34], [35];
and the old pine, [35], [47];
character of, [79];
cutting off and storing cones, [102-104].
Thrush, Audubon's hermit, [152], [154].
Timber-line, [104-107], [208], [209].
Trap Creek, [94], [95].
Trees, of the Rocky Mountains, [199-211], [236]. See also individual species.
Turret-Top, [245].
Uncompahgre National Forest, [244].
Uncompahgre Peak, [244].
Uncompahgre region, wonders of the, [244-256].
Wind, [253].
Wolves, an adventure with, [71-75].
Woodpecker, Texas, [39], [40].

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