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Inconsistent spelling used in the original has been retained.
THE BIOGRAPHY OF A GRIZZLY
by
ERNEST THOMPSON SETON
Author of
The Trail of the Sandhill Stag
Wild Animals I Have Known
Art Anatomy of Animals
Mammals of Manitoba
Birds of Manitoba
Lives of Game Animals
The Gospel of the Redman
The Buffalo Wind
Published by D. Appleton-Century Company, New York
Copyright, 1899, 1900, by
The Century Co.
Copyright, 1900, by
Ernest Seton-Thompson.
Copyright Renewed, 1927
by
Ernest Thompson Seton
All rights reserved. This book, or partsthereof, must not be reproduced in anyform without permission of the publisher.
Printed in the U. S. A.
This book is dedicated to thememory of days spent in WindRiver Mountains and on theGraybull, where from hunter,miner, and personal experience Igathered many chapters of theHistory of Wahb.
THE GRIZZLY
NEARLY half a century has gone since I livedamong these scenes and made my observationson the grand Old Bear of the Mountains.
Many new conditions have in that time developed,have changed the course of history.But the biggest, saddest change of all is thatthe Grizzly Bear, the most magnificent, dignified,and powerful beast of the wild, heroicWest, is gone.
There may be a few individuals about YellowstonePark or other great havens, but theGrizzly Bear as the wide-wandering monarchof the hills has gone the way of the Dodo.
It is just possible that in this last and latesttime a newborn strong and growing sentimentwill come to the rescue, will prompt us to seekout and preserve the last remnant, just as long-belatedappreciation came at final stance tosave for later generations the Great SequoiaTree, when man's blind avarice had all butwiped it out. Good men are now at work withbetter thoughts, and reverence for the masterpieces,the giants of creation's world. It maybe that this newer thought may come in forceand save the grand old Bear while yet it curbshis power for harm. This is my hope andprayer; this is the sentiment unwritten, butexpressed, in my Story of the Grizzly.
Ernest Thompson Seton