Western field . e the length of his chain and keptup a continuous deep vicious growl; if anyone got too close he would slap the heavybars in a manner that would remind one thathe was truly a Monarch. That bear was agrizzly—grizzly in color, grizzly in shape andgrizzly by nature. In the early sixties I read an article fromthe pen of a noted English hunter who hadhunted around the world and wound up witha grizzly hunt in California. He said: TheCalifornia grizzly bear is the most ferociousanimal on earth; there is no other animalbut what will slink away from the approachof man under some conditi
Western field . e the length of his chain and keptup a continuous deep vicious growl; if anyone got too close he would slap the heavybars in a manner that would remind one thathe was truly a Monarch. That bear was agrizzly—grizzly in color, grizzly in shape andgrizzly by nature. In the early sixties I read an article fromthe pen of a noted English hunter who hadhunted around the world and wound up witha grizzly hunt in California. He said: TheCalifornia grizzly bear is the most ferociousanimal on earth; there is no other animalbut what will slink away from the approachof man under some conditions, but the Am-erican grizzly bear is ready for a fight at alltimes and under any circumstances. Andhe was right. A grizzly was never known toretreat; he took the offensive whenever anopportunity was presented, and that is whyhe is an unknown quantity in our Stateto-day. The pioneer of muzzle-loader dayshad to kill the grizzly or climb a tree: if theman succeeded in getting his gun .up .the ^.2 WESTKIiN FIELD. Photo by Wiedncr. MONARCH. tree with him the bear was an easy victim,if not, he had to stay on his perch untilbruin tired of fighting the tree and departed. The western stock grower was the archenemy of the grizzly; the bear was partic-ularly fond of fresh beef, and when he lo-cated on a cattle ranch the proprietor wouldfind himself minus a steer or a cow almostevery morning until bruin was disposed bears of to-day do not trouble the cattleranchers; they sometimes raid the sheepcorrals or the pi«^ pens, but never the cowpastures. The thing the Wintoon Indian most fearedwas the Wemah (grizzly). When a hungrygrizzly came into an Indian village he wasmaster of ceremonies, and created a greaterpanic, if possible, than Oyamas men on anight attack. It was a very rare occurrencefor the Indians to kill a grizzly; when theydid, runners were dispatched and a greatcrowd gathered to take part in a bohamawemah chuna (big grizzly dance). The In-dians used for food the flesh
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