cky 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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Transcriber's Note

Variant and inconsistent spellings in the original text have been
retained in this ebook (for instance: kodak, cosy, halfway and