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trustworthy. He was, at the time, at work in the Park 

 getting animals for the National Museum at Washington, 

 and was staying at Yancey's " hotel " near Tower Falls. 

 His letter which was dated June 2ist, 1891, runs in jpart 

 as follows : 



" I had a splendid Grizzly or Roachback cub and was 

 going to send him into the Springs next morning the team 

 was here, I heard a racket out side went out and found 

 him dead an old bear that made an 9 1-2 inch track had 

 killed and partly eaten him. Last night another one came, 

 one that made an 8 1-2 inch track, and broke Yancy up 

 in the milk business. You know how the cabins stand 

 here. There is a hitching post between the saloon and 

 old house, the little bear was killed there. In a creek 

 close by was a milk house, last night another bear came 

 there and smashed the whole thing up, leaving nothing 

 but a few flattened buckets and pans and boards. I was 

 sleeping in the old cabin, I heard the tin ware rattle but 

 thought it was all right supposed it was cows or horses 

 about. I don't care about the milk but the damn cuss dug 

 up the remains of the cub I had buried in the old ditch, 

 he visited the old meat house but found nothing. Bear 

 are very thick in this part of the Park, and are getting 

 very fresh. I sent in the game to Capt. Anderson, hear 

 its doing well." 



Grislies are fond of fish ; and on the Pacific slope, 

 where the salmon run, they, like so many other beasts, 

 travel many scores of miles and crowd down to the 

 rivers to gorge themselves upon the fish which are 

 thrown up on the banks. Wading into the water a bear 



