- 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.
- 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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