- 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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