A GR1ZZM BEAM ADVENTURE, 1873. 
Introduced in ay tT Barrative fI of 1873, April 1, 1927. 
Mr • George B* Chittenden of Connecticut, who was a 
member of the Hayden Surrey of the Territories in 1873, happened 
to he my guest with Mrs. and Miss Chittenden, Mr. W. H. Jackson 
and Mr* Story B* Ladd at the Cosmos Club in February, 1987, and 
he told the story of my grizzly hear adventure in Colorado, de¬ 
tails of which I had almost completely forgotten, although I re¬ 
membered having the skin on our apartment floor in ‘./ashington later* 
The story as told had its foundation in my own statement 
to the members of the Expedition at the time as remembered hy 
Chittenden* The Survey members were at work among the high rook¬ 
ies of Colorado and on the day of my adventure we crossed one of 
the ranges and descended into the valley of the Roaring Fork. As 
told by Chittenden, "Holmes was always an independent cuss and 
usually took his own course in the days work, studying the geology 
and .sketching the ranges, having arranged on this day to join the 
party at camp at a designated point on Roaring Fork* The party 
had hardly made camp when we heard a rifle shot near at hand, and 
shortly Holmes arrived, (according to Chittenden) and reported that 
he ted shot a grizzly bear5 that in working his way through the 
forest he happened to come upon a large log lying across his path* 
In looking over this log he discovered on the opposite side the 
