. The story of Montana . sometimes found eleven inches longand seven and a fourth inches wide, exclusive of thetalons, is alarming; and we had rather encountertwo Indians than meet a single browm bear. Of thestrength and ferocity of the grizzly bear the Indianshad given us dreadful accounts. They never attackhim but in parties of six or eight persons, and eventhen are often defeated with a loss of one or more oftheir party. Having no weapons but bows and arrows,and the bad guns with which the traders supplythem, they are obliged to approach very near to thebear, and they frequently fall a sacr
. The story of Montana . sometimes found eleven inches longand seven and a fourth inches wide, exclusive of thetalons, is alarming; and we had rather encountertwo Indians than meet a single browm bear. Of thestrength and ferocity of the grizzly bear the Indianshad given us dreadful accounts. They never attackhim but in parties of six or eight persons, and eventhen are often defeated with a loss of one or more oftheir party. Having no weapons but bows and arrows,and the bad guns with which the traders supplythem, they are obliged to approach very near to thebear, and they frequently fall a sacrifice if they misstheir aim. To a skilled rifleman the danger is very THE ANIMALS THEY HUNTED 27 much diminished yet the white (grizzly) bear is stilla terrible animal. Antelopes. — Of the antelopes the journal says:These fleet and quick sighted animals are generallythe victims of their curiosity. When they first seethe hunter they run with great velocity; if he liesdown on the ground, and lifts up his hat, his arm or. Permission of N. A. Forsyth, Butte The Buffaloes Roamed in Great Herds Small wonder that they had all the buffalo meatthey wanted his foot, they return with a light trot to look atthe object, and sometimes go and return two orthree times, till they approach within reach of therifle. So, too, they sometimes leave their flocks togo and look at the wolves, which crouch down, and,if the antelope is frightened at first, repeat the 28 EARLY EXPLORERS IN MONTANA same manoeuver and sometimes relieve each other, tillthey decoy it from the party, when they seize it. Buffaloes. —• The explorers found the buffaloes sogentle that they were obliged to drive them out ofthe way with sticks and stones. Small wonder thatthey had all the buffalo meat they wanted! Thebuffaloes roamed in great herds over the countrybetween the Missouri and the Yellowstone. Morethan once when Clark was returning down the Yellow-stone, his party was delayed by herds of buffaloescrossing the river
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