“Walked away with her head in the air:” T.GB.1901.1
“A big grizzly, with a stripe in her face and two cubs, jumped up from behind a rock on Hell-Roaring creek and Fred took to the water.”
“Chained up in a corner of the pavilion:” GB.1860.12A
“As many Californians think they cannot get along very well without the companionship of a grizzly bear, it was of course not to be supposed that our Agricultural Society could come off without a contribution of the kind.”
“Killed a large grizzly:” GB.1860.12
“The herdsmen employed by Wm. Dennis to take care of his cattle in Silver Valley, some two weeks ago, killed a large grizzly and lassoed three of her cubs.”
Forthcoming entries
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“The Big Bear of Marin:” GB.1860.7
A grizzly weighing over eleven hundred pounds was killed last Friday on the Tomales coast, ten miles from Petaluma, by a party of hunters.
“Treed by a huge grizzly:” T.GB.1860.2
“In addition to this good luck, one of the hombres was so fortunate as to be treed by a huge grizzly bear.”
“Fell in with an old bear and a cub:” T.GB.1860.6 & GB.1860.6A
“A party of gentlemen, from Antelope, were out hunting last week, when they fell in with an old bear and a cub.”
“Our ‘Nimrods’ have returned:” GB.1860.5; GB.1860.5A; GB.1860.5B
“As Mr. Shick, of this place, was returning from the O’Hara claims on the hill back of town, on yesterday, he encountered a large bear, which he thinks must have been a grizzly”
“Three grizzly bears in one week:” GB.1860.2; GB.1860.3; GB.1860.4
“We are informed by a gentleman from the mountains, that a hunter killed three grizzly bears in one week, lately, on the divide between the south and middle forks of Feather river, near the Mountain Spring House.”
“Terrible Fight with a Grizzly:” GB.1860.1
“The Sierra Citizen tells of three hunters who encountered a grizzly, which they wounded with six shooters. The bear pursued and caught one of them, and while the others fled the captured hunter had a terrible hand-to-hand fight with he monster.”
“A Cinnamon Bear was killed near Jamison:” BB.1860.1
“A few days previous to this adventure, a cinnamon bear was killed near Jamison. It is bearly possible that the whole story is a “sell” – we think not, however.”
“A Hard Customer:” T.GB.1860.1
“A grizzly bear, which has infested Stanislaus county recently, has made way with some ten or fifteen hogs, belonging to Lord & Thomas.”
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“Lairs among the [chaparral] and rocks:” T.GB.1859.2
“A few days since a grizzly bear was killed at Bear Mountain, near San Andreas. The Independent says: “Hunters report that quite a number of the dangerous customers have their lairs among the chapparel (sic) and rocks north-east of Salt Spring Valley, and not over three miles from San Andreas.”
“Bear Gall:” GB.1859.1
“A large grizzly was killed near Bear mountain a few days since, and but a short distance from San Andreas.”
“The presence of numerous grizzly bears near town is reported:” T.GB.1859.1
“The Independent of yesterday states that [the] presence of numerous grizzly bears near town is reported; the heavy fall of snow in the Sierra Nevadas has driven the deer, bear, and other large game down to the snowless region.”