him. Elsewhere in this book I give a number of 

 stories which show the high character and the great 

 possibilities of the grizzly as a companion of man 

 if handled intelligently. 



In eastern Washington, "Grizzly" Adams cap- 

 tured a yearling grizzly which he named Lady 

 Washington. With her he used but little discipline, 

 and he at all times treated her with consideration 

 and kindness. She was constantly with him on long 

 journeys across the mountains from State to State, 

 in camp and on hunts. Of her Adams says : 



"She has always been with me; and often shared 

 my dangers and privations, borne my burdens, and 

 partaken of my meals. The reader may be sur- 

 prised to hear of a grizzly companion and friend, 

 but Lady Washington has been both to me. He 

 may hardly credit the accounts of my nestling up 

 between her and the fire to keep both sides warm 

 under the frosty skies of the mountains, but all this 

 is true." 



The ability to comprehend a new situation or 

 incident and readjust one's self to it is the act of 

 an open and a thinking mind. The food, religion, 

 politics, and personal habits of an individual are 

 changed slowly and with difficulty. Progress is 

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