CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
I.A Council of War[1]
II.A Pleasant Spring Ride[9]
III.An Expedition for Fur[18]
IV.Making Ready for the Trip[27]
V.The Start for North Park[37]
VI.To Laramie and North Park[48]
VII.A Talk about Beaver[60]
VIII.The Water Fowls' Summer Home[73]
IX.A Troublesome Grizzly[83]
X.A Big Beaver Meadow[95]
XI.Indian Beaver Lore[113]
XII.Prospecting for Fur[126]
XIII.A Lion's Leap[140]
XIV.Setting for Beaver[155]
XV.They Skin Beaver[170]
XVI.Off for New Trapping Ground[191]
XVII.Trapping the Mink[209]
XVIII.The English Pilgrims[228]
XIX.The First Bighorn[246]
XX.Danger from the Utes[264]


LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

"We've got a beaver, I reckon"[Frontispiece]
FACING PAGE
Two bob-cats pulling and tearing at some small thing on the ground[106]
A beaver appeared with a long stick, which he placed with others on the roof[130]
A bear, sitting on her haunches, was looking almost directly at them[186]