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Henry M. Brackenrldge, author of "Views of 

 Louisiana," wrote the following from hearsay: — 



"This animal is the monarch of the country 

 which he inhabitates. The African lion or the Ben- 

 gal tiger are not more terrible than he. He is the 

 enemy of man and literally thirsts for human 

 blood. So far from shunning, he seldom fails to at- 

 tack and even to hunt him. The Indians make war 

 upon these ferocious monsters with ceremonies as 

 they do upon a tribe of their own species, and, in 

 the recital of their victories, the death of one of 

 them gives the warrior greater renown than the 

 scalp of an enemy. He possesses an amazing 

 strength, and attacks without hesitation and tears 

 to pieces the largest buffalo." 



The first paragraph which Lewis and Clark 

 wrote concerning the grizzly, April 29, 1805, says: 



"We proceeded early, with a moderate wind. 

 Captain Lewis, who was on shore with one hunter, 

 met about eight o'clock two white bears. Of the 

 strength and ferocity of this animal the Indians 

 had given us dreadful accounts; they never attack 

 him but in parties of six or eight persons, and even 

 then are often defeated with a loss of one or more 

 of the party. Having no weapons but bows and 



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