198 BEAR-FEAST, 
but little satisfaction. At length, the feast 
being ready, Wawatam made a speech, re- 
sembling, in many things, his address to the 
manes of his relations and departed compa- 
nions; and, then, we all ate heartily of the 
Bear’s flesh ! 
“It is only the female Bear that makes 
her winter-lodging in the upper parts of 
trees, a practice by which her young are se- 
cured from the attacks of Wolves and other 
animals. She brings forth in the winter- 
season, and remains in her lodge till the cubs 
have gained some strength. The male always 
lodges in the ground, under the roots of 
trees. He takes to that habitation when the 
snow falls, and remains there till it has dis- 
appeared. ‘The Indians remark, that the 
Bear comes out in the spring, with the same 
fat which he carries in with him in the au- 
tumn; but, after the exercise of only a few 
days, becomes lean. Excepting for a short 
part of the summer, the male of this species 
lives constantly alone.” 
The foregoing extract is from the excel- 
lent work of Dr. Richardson, on the Zoology 
of North America, recently published and 
