Humans and bears - Wild encounters

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The Grizzly Bear by William H. Wright ( 1909 )... There are two words, similar in sound, but differing in signification, which had been impartially applied to this animal; one of them was grisly, and means "savage-looking, fear-inspiring, terrible, horrid"; the other was grizzly, and means "grayish, or somewhat gray." If one may judge from the context of Lewis ans Clark's notes, they used the latter word with the latter meaning, but Ord evidently inclined to the belief that the first word had been used both with reason and intent, and he therefore gave to this species the name of Ursus horribilis.  Reply