religion in, 325-28;
law and order enter, 328-30;
obtain organized government, 387;
a hard winter in, 430-39;
to-day, 474.

_Bad Lands Cowboy, The_, 76, 77, 131-33, 329;
burned out, 451.

Bear-hunting, 185-88.

"Ben Butler," 276, 289-91.

Bennett, Hank, 252, 253.

Benton, Thomas Hart, Roosevelt's _Life_ of, 371, 397-99.

Bernstead, 375, 386 _n._

Berry-Boyce Cattle Co., 94.

Big Horn Mountains, hunting in, 168, 175-88.

"Big Jack" and "Little Jack," 141, 142.

Bismarck, Dakota, 73.

Bismarck _Tribune_, on Roosevelt, 341.

Black Jack, 135.

Blaine, James G., nomination of, 88.

Blizzard, a, 431-33.

Boice, Henry, 25.

Bolan, Pierce, 143, 197, 198.

Bronco-busting, 225-27.

Buffalo, hunting, 23, 24, 28-39, 44, 45;
extermination of, 29.

Bullock, Seth, 459.

Buttes, 6, 7, 13, 18, 202, 203.

Carow, Edith, engagement to Roosevelt, 426;
marriage of, 430.

Cattle, trailing, 268-70.

Cattle companies, 242.

Cattle torture, 266, 267.

Chicago _Tribune_, on Roosevelt, 350.

Chimney Butte, trail to, 13;
account of, 15.

Coeur d'Alenes, 419.

County organization, 55, 133-35, 324, 387.

Cowboys, talk of, 100;
their attitude toward Roosevelt, 101, 102;
reading of, 228;
a song of, 280;
diversions of, 281;
character of, 282;
profanity of, 283;
practical jokes of, 283, 284.

Cummins, Mr., 111, 323.

Cummins, Mrs., and Mrs. Roberts, 111, 112;
her views, 259, 260;
Roosevelt dines with, 293, 294;
and Mrs. Ferris, 361, 362;
the last of, 456.

"Custer Trail," 13, 109, 110.

Dantz, Bill, 56;
a singer of songs and a spinner of yarns, 281;
made Superintendent of Education at Medora, 319;
elected superintendent of schools, 390;
the last of, 456, 473.

Day, Chancellor, 289 _n._

Deadwood stage-line, the Marquis's project of, 77, 78, 120-24, 170,
209-14.

"Devil, The," 271-75.

Dickinson, first Fourth of July celebration of, 405-11;
growth of, 452.

Dickinson _Press_, the, helps county organization, 133, 134;
fashion notes in, 321, 322.

Dow, Wilmot, 88, 159, 163;
Roosevelt's contract with, 156, 157, 481;
as a cowhand, 189, 190, 206, 225;
and the vigilantes, 191, 192, 195;
good company, 217;
his andirons, 240;
goes East to get married, 307;
character of, 313,