Grizzly Bear 
229 
pounds. The actual weight, including the skin, was 968 
pounds, and if 40 lbs. is allowed for blood lost and entrails 
removed, we have a total of about 1,010 lbs. This bear 
was in poor condition, and would probably have been a 
hundred pounds heavier when fat. It must be remembered 
that this was a larger species of bear than the Grizzly. It 
measured in the flesh 7 feet 9^ inches in length. 
In the Journal of Jacob Fowler,^ who travelled in 1821-22 
from Fort Smith, Arkansas, through to Colorado and New 
Mexico, is given the account of the killing by a Grizzly Bear 
of Lewis Dawson, one of the party, at the mouth of the 
Purgatoire River, Nov. 13, 182 1. The editor. Dr. Coues, 
says that Dawson was probably the first American citizen 
to die and be buried in Colorado. 
It is quite well known that the bears in the Yellowstone 
National Park are one of the sights of that region as they 
come around the garbage dumps of some of the hotels to 
feed. They make their appearance at these dumps in the 
early evening, sometimes in good season in the afternoon, 
and enjoy a feast on the waste from the hotel kitchens. In 
the summer of 1904, the writer made a camping trip through 
the Park with a party of friends, and we had some decidedly 
interesting experiences with the animals. Our first ac- 
quaintance with them was in the Upper Basin at the Old 
Faithful Inn. With one of the party I went to the dump to 
see what could be seen, being very anxious to know if what 
we had heard about the tameness of the bears was true. 
The dump at this place was located in an open space 
at the edge of the pine woods, and when we began our 
1 The Journal of Jacob Fowler, Narrating an Adventure from 
Arkansas through the Indian Territory, Oklahoma, Kansas, Colo- 
rado, and New Mexico, to the Sources of the Rio Grande del Norte, 
1821-22. Edited, with Notes, by Elliott Coues. New York, 
Francis P. Harper, 1898. 
