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a heavy heart Adams must finally, in 1859, have sailed for 

 home without him. 



Adams also trained and, in a sense, domesticated, two 

 other grizzlies. One of these, called "Funny Joe," he 

 captured as a young cub on his expedition to Salt Lake; 

 the other came to him in an entirely different way, as a 

 result of the same trip. At one of their camps near the 

 Emigrant Trail they thought it necessary to mount a 

 guard at night. "The guard usually consisted of two 

 persons, relieved at midnight by two others. The last 

 guard on one particular night were Tuolumne and one of 

 the Indians, who reported to me in the morning that a 

 strange bear had entered camp, made the acquaintance of 

 Lady Washington, and after a t^te-a-fete of an hour or so 

 had retired again in a very peaceful and orderly manner 

 to the mountains from which he came. They had not 

 called me because of my fatigue during the day, they said, 

 and because the visitor had been so civil that they did not 

 think it necessary to disturb me. I, however, directed 

 that if such a case should occur again, they should not 

 fail to let me know. 



"The next night the visitor returned, and being in- 

 formed of it, I got up. It was about midnight, but the 

 moon was shining, so that we could easily see him ap- 

 proach the Lady, who was usually chained at night. 

 I took my rifle with the intention of killing the beast, but, 

 on second thought, concluded it would be more to our 

 advantage to give him the freedom of the camp, and 

 accordingly did not disturb him. He remained until 

 dawn and then retired. On the occasion of his return the 

 next night for, like a royal lover, he was very attentive 



