ECHO MOUNTAIN GRIZZLY 233 
Mountain. Here she had left the cubs the night 
before. Tracks showed that she was then in 
the cave with them. I did not disturb them, 
but I did revisit their territory again and again. 
In this cave they hibernated that winter. 
It was a roomy, natural cave formed by enor- 
mous rock fragments that had tumbled together 
at the base of a time-worn cliff. The den 
which the grizzly and cubs used the first winter 
was not used again, nor were their later hibernat- 
ing places discovered. 
The grizzly’s new domain was about thirty 
miles to the northward of her former wilderness 
home. It was a wild, secluded region between 
Echo Mountain and Long’s Peak. 
Grizzlies often explore afar and become ac- 
quainted with the unclaimed territory round 
them, and it is possible that this mother grizzly 
knew the character of the new home territory 
before emigrating. There was an abundance of 
food in the old home territory, but it is possi- 
ble that she had lost former cubs there and it 
is certain that she had been shot at a number of 
times. However, the change may have been 
simply due to that wanderlust which sometimes 
takes possession of the ever-adventurous grizzly. 
In the eventful years which followed she showed 
tireless energy and skill. Though badly crip- 
pled, she still maintained those qualities which 
