We perceived along the river tracks of large bears some of …

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We perceived along the river tracks of large bears some of which were 9’ wide and of proportionate length. The Indians entertain great appreciation of this kind of 🐻 which is called the grisly & never venture to attack it but in a party of at least 3 or 4

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That was written by Sir Alexander Mackenzie & edited by me slightly to make it fit here on Twetch. It is an excerpt from his book entitled...

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“Voyages from Montreal, on the River St. Laurence, through the Continent of North America, to the Frozen and Pacific Oceans: In the Years 1789 and 1793 with a Preliminary Account of the Rise, Progress and Present State of The Fur Trade of That Country”