Humans and bears - Wild encounters

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The Grizzly Bear by William H. Wright... The actual history of the grizzly begins on April 29, 1805, when, on the banks of the upper Missouri, at the mouth of the Yellowstone River, in what is now Montana, Captain Meriwether Lewis, of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, met one of these animals for the first time. 
Before this, indeed, hints and rumors of a bear different from the Eastern variety had come back to civilization with returning traders and explorers. Edward Umfreville, writting in 1790 upon "The Present State of HUdson's Bay," had heard of them. In summing up the fauna of the North and West, he says: "Bears are of three kinds: the black, the red, and the grizzle bear." But he goes no further than to add, in regard to the two latter, "their nature is savage and ferocious, their power dangerous, and their haunts to be guarded against."  Reply