30 The Grizzly Bear 



Dr. D. B. Warden, in his "Account of the United States 

 of North America," pubHshed in 1819, refers to the grizzly 

 bear, but, apart from quoting some passages from Lewis 

 and Clark, only adds that " the fur is employed for muffs and 

 tippets, and the skins bring from twenty to fifty dollars/' 



D. W. Harmon, in his ''Journal of Voyages and 

 Travels in the Interior of North America,'* published in 

 1820, refers to the grizzly bear as "the gray bear," but 

 does not, except in color, size, and strength, greatly dis- 

 tinguish them from "the brown or chocolate color, and 

 those that are perfectly black." He refers to an occasional 

 bear "the color of a white sheep." 



In 1823 there was published "The Account of an Ex- 

 pedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains Per- 

 formed in the Years 18 19 and 1820, by Order of the Hon- 

 orable J. C. Calhoun, Secretary of War. Under Command 

 of Major Stephen H. Long. Compiled by Edwin James 

 from the Notes of Major Long, Mr. T. Say, and Other 

 Gentlemen of the Exploring Party." Mr. T. Say, here 

 mentioned, was the eminent naturalist, and his detailed 

 scientific description and measurements of a half-grown 

 grizzly shot by the party is printed in a foot-note on 

 Page 53. They saw a number of grizzlies, but seem to 

 have succeeded in giving them a wide berth. They met a 

 number of Indians wearing necklaces and other orna- 

 ments made of the claws of the grizzly, and mentioned 

 seeing and playing with a young bear of this species which 

 was chained in the court of the Missouri Fur Company, 

 near Engineer Cantonment. They quote freely from 

 Lewis and Clark, and in their turn add several anecdotes, 

 which are afterward repeatedly quoted by others. 



