104 The Grizzly Bear 



legs, while my right hand was out of commission for a 

 while and I had to talk in whispers. And as it turned out, 

 this was the only bear we saw. 



The next day it began to snow and rain, and kept it up 

 for a week, and when we climbed the five thousand feet 

 back to the trail, we found the snow so deep that we came 

 near having to abandon the horses, and of the six we had 

 with us got only three home. 



