Grizzly-bear 1037 



and seldom molested by the hunters, it being the frontier of 

 the Sioux, where none can hunt in safety; so there they breed 

 and muhiply in security. 



"October i8. * * * My hunter plagued me for a small 

 keg of liquor, having vowed, on killing the Grizzly-bear, that 

 he would make a feast of rum. This is a common custom 

 among the Saulteurs, when they kill any uncommon animal." 



Again, on page 145, he writes: On Cheyenne River 

 "Grizzly-bears are to be seen in droves; and it may be called 

 the nursery of Buffalo and Deer. It is a delightful country, 

 but seldom can our Saulteurs kill a Beaver there without falling 

 in with their enemies." 



Later, in his returns of fur from Lower Red River De- 

 partment, 1 800-1, Henry enters:" 



BLACK- BROWN- GRIZZLY- 

 BEAR. BEAR. BEAR. 



From Reed River (Roseau River), Man. 52 20 4 



From Park River, Dak 125 23 2 



In the following year, though 152 Blackbear and 42 

 Brown-bear appear, there was but i Grizzly taken, and that 

 was brought into Portage la Prairie, Man. (P. 221.) 



In 1804-5, he records 10 Grizzlies; 4 from Hair Hills 

 (Pembina Mountains), 4 from Salt River, 2 from Pembina 

 River. (P. 259.) 



In the season of 1805-6, the returns show 125 Black- 

 bear, 49 Brown-bear, and 4 Grizzly-bear. Of these Grizzlies, 

 I was taken at Portage la Prairie and 3 at Pembina River. 

 (P. 281.) As the furs collected at each post were, for business 

 reasons, classed separately with great care, there was little 

 chance of importations to impair the scientific value of the list. 



On August 29, 1808, Alexander Henry, writing at a point 

 on the Saskatchewan some 60 miles below the Forks, that is, 

 near W. Long. 104°, says:' 



"Tracks of animals are very numerous along the beach, 

 including those of Bears both of the common and Grizzly 

 species." 



° Ibid., p. 184. ' Ibid., p. 480. 



