We perceived along the river tracks of large bears some of …
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...
“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”