CHAPTER IX

THE WAPITI OR ROUND-HORNED ELK

A Hunt in the Bitter Root Mountains--A Trip on Foot--Two Bull Elk Fighting--The Peacemaker--All Three Shot--Habits of the Wapiti--Their Bugling--A Grand Chorus--Shooting a Bull at Sunrise--Another Killed near the Ranch--Vanishing of the Elk--Its Antlers--The Lynx--Porcupine--Chickarees and Chipmunks--Clark’s Crow--Lewis’ Woodpecker--Whiskey-jack--Trout--The Yellowstone Canyon