CHAP. PAGE
I.The Wapiti, or Round-horned Elk[13]
II.A Cattle-killing Bear[27]
III.A Christmas Buck[41]
IV.The Timber-wolf[53]
V.Shooting the Prong-buck[67]
VI.A Tame White Goat[81]
VII.Ranching[95]

Illustrations

A WOUNDED BULL ELK[Frontispiece]
SIX-POINT ELK-ANTLERSFacing p.[18]
FOLLOWING AN ELK-TRAIL IN WINTER„[20]
GREAT WAS THE BULL’S ASTONISHMENT„[22]
THE GRIZZLY AND A VICTIM„[32]
“THE SHAGGY BEAST WAS FOUND LYING DEAD WITHIN A DOZEN YARDS OF HIS LAST VICTIM”„[36]
“‘I DROPPED ON ONE KNEE AND FIRED’”„[46]
CANADIAN WOLVES AT AN INDIAN GRAVE„[54]
DOGS IN PURSUIT OF AN OLD WOLF„[60]
STALKING BIG GAME„[68]
“‘I LEAPED OFF, AND HELD WELL AHEAD OF THE REARMOST AND LARGEST BUCK’”„[74]
A WOUNDED ANTELOPE„[76]
FINALLY THE GOAT GOT USED TO THE MOTION OF THE CANOE„[90]
COW-BOY AMUSEMENTS„[96]
TAILING A BULL„[100]
“THERE IS A GREAT DEAL OF EXCITING GALLOPING”„[102]

The Wapiti,

or Round-horned Elk

I
THE WAPITI, OR ROUND-HORNED ELK