From the painting by Gary 



THE GRIZZLY BEARS IN THEIR DENS' 



When in 1805 Lewis and Clark made their memorable exploration of the Northwest, penetrating to the head 

 waters of the Missouri and to the mouth of the Columbia, the grizzly bear had not yet learned to fear the white 

 man's noisy implement whose bite stung so sharply. Tradition says that these powerful and ferocious animals 

 could bring down even a bison. Now they have become the shyest of game and are well-nigh extinct 



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