. Life-histories of northern animals [microform] : an account of the mammals of Manitoba. Mammals; Mammals; Mammifères; Mammifères. !J 1036 Life-histories of Northern Animals bear of the Mountains, and his account, especially in view of the supporting testimony, must be allowed full weight. In the year 1800, he built a trading post on the Red River at the mouth of Park River in North Dakota, about thirty miles south of the International Boundary. The journal he kept of those times. Fig. 3]g—Life midict of GrinI;. shows that Blackbear were extraordinarily numerous, and that Grizzlies were occas
. Life-histories of northern animals [microform] : an account of the mammals of Manitoba. Mammals; Mammals; Mammifères; Mammifères. !J 1036 Life-histories of Northern Animals bear of the Mountains, and his account, especially in view of the supporting testimony, must be allowed full weight. In the year 1800, he built a trading post on the Red River at the mouth of Park River in North Dakota, about thirty miles south of the International Boundary. The journal he kept of those times. Fig. 3]g—Life midict of GrinI;. shows that Blackbear were extraordinarily numerous, and that Grizzlies were occasionally seen on Red River. In his journal for 1800 are these entries:* "October 17. * * * During my absence the hunter killed a large Grizzly-bear' about a mile from the fort. He had seen two males and a female, but the latter escaped. My people, having cooked and eaten some of the flesh, were taken very ill, and most of them threw it up. This Bear had been wounded in the fore-leg some time before by an arrow, the iron head of which stuck fast in the bone, and was beginning to rust. Grizzly-bears are not numerous along Red River, but more abundant in the Hair Hills [Pembina Mountains]. At Lac du Diable [Devil's Lake], which is about 30 leagues west, they are very common—I am told as common as the Blackbear is here, and very malicious. Near that lake runs a principal branch of Schian [Cheyenne] River, which is partially wooded. On the banks of this river I am informed they are also very numerous; * Alexander Heniy Joht.'\ 1897, p. m. * Dr. Elliott Coues, the accomplished naturalist who edited Henry's Journal, identifies this as the Ursus Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Seton, Ernest Thompson, 1860-1946. New York : C. Scribner's Sons
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