Category: Microhistories of predators killed
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“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.”
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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.
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“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.”
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“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”
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“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.”
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“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.”
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“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.”
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“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.”
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