CHAPTER I

THE AMERICAN WILDERNESS; WILDERNESS HUNTERS AND WILDERNESS GAME

The American Wilderness--Forests, Plains, Mountains--Likeness and Unlikeness to the Old-World Wilderness--Wilderness Hunters--Boone, Crockett, Houston, Carson--The Trappers--The Buffalo Hunters--The Stockmen--The Regular Army--Wilderness Game--Bison, Moose, Elk, Caribou, Deer, Antelope--Other Game--Hunting in the Wilderness