MANUFACTURED COMPLETE BY THE
KINGSPORT PRESS
KINGSPORT, TENNESSEE
United States of America

TO
THE ONE WHO MADE THIS
BOYHOOD POSSIBLE
MY WIFE

CONTENTS

CHAPTER
I. [GOING WEST]
II. [GETTING ACQUAINTED WITH WILD COUNTRY AND ANIMALS]
III. [FIRST CAMP ALONE—EXPLORING]
IV. [DANCING ACROSS THE DIVIDE]
V. [TRAPPING—MOUNTAIN-TOP DWELLERS]
VI. [A LOG CABIN IN THE WILDS—PRIMITIVE LIVING]
VII. [GLACIERS AND FOREST FIRES]
VIII. [THE PROVERBIAL BUSY BEAVER]
IX. [MOUNTAIN CLIMBING]
X. [MODERN PATHFINDERS]
XI. [OFF THE TRAIL]
XII. [DREAMERS OF GOLDEN DREAMS]
XIII. [THE CITY OF SILENCE]
XIV. [BEARS AND BUGBEARS]
XV. [ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK]

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

[ At that instant the bear came to life . . . . Frontispiece ]

[ I plunged downward, struggling frantically ]

[ I sat down by the fiddler and dozed ]

[ I glimpsed his flaming eyes and wide-open, fang-filled mouth ]

[ Sheep and rock dropped straight toward me ]