pleasing change of diet, but they are ever cautious in their trespass 

 within the bounds of cultivation. 



Although as a rule watchful, rather than aggressive, yet, if 

 once on the warpath, they show all of the natural bravery of their 

 tribe and, with their powerful fore paws, can administer death- 

 dealing blows in rapid succession. Such is their resistance to ordi- 

 nary wounds that a heart-penetrating rifle ball is the only effectual 

 means of compelling final surrender. 



The inquisitive disposition of these creatures was recognized as 

 a proof of intelligence by the Indians. Only with true compunc- 

 tion would he slay his dumb questioner and then 'performed cer- 

 tain rites to show his grief for the dead and his esteem for the 

 surviving kindred. It should be noted that the "Cinnamon" bear 

 of the Rockies and west has not a separate classification, as for- 

 merly, but is a brown phase of this same species. 



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