SPORTING ADVENTURES 



CHAPTER II. 



THE GRIZZLY BEAK. 



The grizzly bear- Its haunts, habits, size, and general characteristics 

 Fear of the human voiceIts gieat strength and courage Fight 

 between a hear and buffaloes- The most effective means of killing it 

 Anecdotes of men killed and wounded by it Best weapons for stalking 

 it Is said not to touch a man if he pretends to be dead Examples 

 How three Indians captured one Great warriors and grizzlies Value 

 of claws Judge Blank brings a live grizzly into camp in a new way 

 Grizzly Bill Two Indians treed Subsequent death of one A new 

 mode of killing a grizzly in the West Its tractability and selfish 

 nature How Mexicans capture it Is frequently killed by hunters and 

 sportsmen single-handed My first grizzly A hunt alter a grizzly 

 with Indians I am treed Death of a warrior The funeral ceremony 

 The body subsequently devoured by wolves A comrade and myself 

 kill one in Wyoming A grizzly invades the camp The midnight 

 alarm and hunt I wound a cub and am chased by the dam The 

 retreat Indian anecdote of the affection of a grizzly for her young 

 Horseback hunt with Greasers in California Our trophies Death of 

 a horse, and wounding of its rider We laso two cubs Which is the 

 king of beasts, the lion or the grizzly ? 



TJIE grizzly bear (Ursus IiorrilHis or fei'o.r} ranges from 

 Mexico in the south to British America in the north, and 

 from the llocky Mountains in the east to the hills adjoining 

 the Pacific Ocean south of the 42nd parallel of north latitude 

 in the west. In size, strength, and ferocity it is the monarch 

 of the American animal world, and even man himself has to 

 yield it undisputed sway in many cases. It differs from all its 

 family not only in ponderosity of proportions, but in courage, 

 fierceness, and intractability, and in being more strongly car- 

 nivorous, with the exception, perhaps, of the Polar bear. It 

 also ranks far above them in the enormous size of its soles, 

 the length of its claws, and the breadth and depth of its head ; 

 but it is inferior to them in length of tail and in the quality 

 of its fur and flesh. I have heard of some that attained a 

 length of nearly nine feet and a weight of thirteen hundred 

 pounds, but these were far above the average in size. I have 



