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be said, however, that some of the brown bears, which for 

 years were regarded as merely color phases of the black 

 bear, may have been grizzlies ; though few hunters mistake 

 a grizzly when he sees one. The terrible claws of the adult 

 grizzly at once distinguish him from the black bear. It is 

 unfortunate that at this time merely the technical descrip- 

 tions can be given; but Dr. Merriam has based his classi- 

 fication chiefly on cranial characters, which are probably 

 the most reliable points of difference. 



The grizzly bear is not nearly so uncommon in Utah 

 as one would naturally suppose from reports of the general 

 scarcity of the animal in the West. Several have been killed 

 in recent years on the Aquarius Plateau and in the Pan- 

 guitch mountains, Garfield county. B. E. Mattsson of 

 Ephraim says that eight grizzlies have been killed in the 

 Manti forest in the past seven years. J. W. Humphrey of 

 Panguitch reports that grizzlies are found occasionally^ in 

 that section. In March, 1916, R. Jolley and C. Riddle of 

 Coyote, Utah, killed a grizzly, of enormous size ; it was esti- 

 mated that for several seasons this bear had killed over 

 fifty cattle a year in Garfield county. E. C. Shepard of 

 Logan says that ten or twelve grizzlies are known to in- 

 habit the rugged portion of the Ashley forest. A few 

 years ago grizzlies were not uncommon in the Fish Lake 

 district, but now they have been almost exterminated, ac- 

 cording to C. A. Mattsson of Salina. George H. Barney of 

 Escalante reports that twelve or fifteen grizzlies have been 

 killed in the Escalante forest during the past few years. 

 A. W. Jensen reports that a few still exist in the Uinta 

 mountains. A few years ago grizzlies were trapped every 

 season in Hardscrabble Canyon, about fifteen miles east of 

 Salt Lake City, by Dan Bodily of Kaysville, while John 

 Burton of Kaysville, Utah, has killed several in the same 

 vicinity. At the State Capitol is a small mounted grizzly 

 that was taken from the vicinity of Coalville in 1920. 



Habts — Ferocious, quick-tempered, and incredibly 

 powerful, the grizzly bear is without doubt the most dan- 

 gerous animal in America; in fact, excepting possibly the 

 reckless rhinoceros of Africa, it is more defiant than any 

 other wild beast of the world. Man, however, is fast wear- 

 ing the animal's spirit down; and one must seek the re- 

 motest wilds to find the real, terrible grizzly of early days. 



From the earliest date this great bear has entered 

 somewhat into the frontier history of the country. The 

 Indians held it in awe and reverence, never venturing to 

 hunt it alone. In fact, when in search of it, they invariably 



