210 The Grizzly Bear 



grizzly, be it male or female, that chances to put in an 

 appearance. 



On two occasions I have known an old male grizzly 

 to kill and eat a small cub that was tied up with a chain, 

 and once, while hunting bears in the spring, I witnessed the 

 following incident, or, rather, found the evidences of it. 

 A trapper had caught in one of his traps a female grizzly 

 that was accompanied by her two cubs. She had dragged 

 the trap and clog for several hundred yards, where the clog 

 had finally caught in a clump of brush and stopped her. 

 And while thus held fast, an old male grizzly had come 

 along, and had not only killed her, but had killed and 

 eaten the cubs. When we arrived, he was sitting under a 

 tree close by, and we shot him through the head. We 

 found a few scraps of the cubs lying about, and part of one 

 of them was buried near where he had been sitting. 



All my observations, as I say, have led me to believe 

 that a free male grizzly will, if he gets a chance, kill his 

 young cubs; but as the matter is not susceptible of proof, 

 I consulted Dr. Hornaday as to what his observations had 

 been on this point, in the matter of bears in captivity, and 

 I give herewith what he says of the matter: "Of course, 

 male bears in captivity would be likely to destroy young 

 cubs during their first six months — if they got the oppor- 

 tunity. It is absolutely necessary to sequestrate the males 

 and give each female a den wholly to herself and her cubs. 

 We had great trouble in keeping our young cubs from 

 getting their paws into adjoining dens and having them 

 bitten off by older bears." 



The grizzly does not den up for the winter at as low an 

 altitude as does the black bear, but seeks the higher hills, 



