40 The Grizzly Bear 



the color of his hair is almost white; he is more disposed 

 to attack men than the same species in other regions, and 

 has often been known to follow upon a human track for 

 several hours at a time. Among hunters he is known as 

 the Rocky Mountain white bear, to distinguish him from 

 other varieties. The Californian grizzly sometimes 

 weighs as much as two thousand pounds. He is of a 

 brown color, sprinkled with grayish hairs. When aroused 

 he is, as has been said before, the most terrible of all 

 animals in the world to encounter, but ordinarily will not 

 attack man except under peculiar circumstances. The 

 grizzly of Washington and Oregon Territories resembles 

 the bear of California, with the exception that he rarely 

 attains so large a size and has a browner coat. His hair 

 is more disposed to curl and is thicker, owing to the greater 

 coldness of the climate. He is not so savage, and can be 

 hunted with greater safety than either the Californian or 

 Rocky Mountain bear. In New Mexico the grizzly loses 

 much of his strength and power, and upon the whole, is 

 rather a timid and spiritless animal." 



It was on his first expedition, somewhere in eastern 

 Washington, that, having shot an old grizzly that was 

 followed by two yearling cubs, and having, after many dif- 

 ficulties and repeated failures, captured the youngsters, 

 Adams came into possession of Lady Washington, destined 

 thenceforth to be his companion and servant. She was 

 already old enough to resent the restriction of her liberty, 

 and it was not until he had supplemented kindness with 

 discipline that she accepted her new position in the 

 scheme of life. "From that time to this," Adams says, 

 "she has always been with me; and often has she shared 



