hundred to eight hundred pounds. He cannot climb 
trees like the black bear, but has fearful strength and 
dexterity. He often drags a whole buffialo for some 
distance, and runs almost as fast as a horse. He 
lives partly on meat, partly on fruits and roots. He 
is found oftener on the eastern than on the western 
side of the Rocky Mountains. When he is hungry 
or has been irritated he attacks whatever comes in his 
way. One blow of his paw is enough to knock a man 
down. But under other circumstances he runs away 
from man, and defends himself only when pursued. 
With such qualities it is no wonder that he is the 
dread of hunters. A bullet through brain or heart 
will end him, but in all other parts of the body he 
survives numerous wounds. A good hunter there- 
fore, does not shoot until he is within ten or twenty 
feet of him. When the females are with young they 
live very retired, so that I have never heard of a 
hunter that shot a pregnant grizzly she bear. The 
meat of the grizzly is very palatable. Along the 
back there is solid white fat, a hand thick. The griz- 
zly we found on this occasion was still young. The 
dogs of the Indians discovered him in a thicket, but 
he wouldn’t budge from it. The Indians surrounded 
him on horseback, and shot at him. Whenever he 
assumed a threatening attitude, they all ran away. 
The dogs, however, seemed to check his anger. He 
would not leave his hiding place. Finally one of our 
hunters approached within ten feet of him, and laid 
him low with a single bullet. 
The Crossing 
of the 
Mountains— 
The Grizzly 
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