"The bear which gave so much trouble on the 

 head of the Missouri are equally fierce in this quar- 

 ter. This morning one of them, which was on a 

 sand-bar as the boat passed, raised himself on his 

 hind feet and after looking at the party, plunged in 

 and swam towards them. He was received with 

 three balls in the body; he then turned around and 

 made for the shore. Towards evening another en- 

 tered the water to swim across. Captain Clark or- 

 dered the boat towards the shore, and just as the 

 bear landed shot the animal in the head. It proved 

 to be the largest female they had ever seen, and so 

 old that its tusks were worn quite smooth." 



"Just as he arrived near Willow Run, he ap- 

 proached a thicket of brush in which was a white 

 bear, which he did not discover till he was within 

 ten feet of him; his horse started, and wheeling 

 suddenly round, threw M'Neal almost immedi- 

 ately under the bear, who started up instantly, and 

 finding the bear raising himself on his hind feet to 

 attack him, struck him on the head with the butt 

 end of his musket; the blow was so violent that it 

 broke the breech of the musket and knocked the 

 bear to the ground, and before he recovered, 

 M'Neal, seeing a willow tree close by, sprang up, 



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