Humans and bears - Wild encounters

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California's Day of the Grizzly by Willaim B. Secrest.

Los Angeles Star, April 9, 1871:

Clubfoot, a bear so-called from having had one of his feet nearly cut-off some years ago by a steel trap has been found dead in the mountains; he is supposed to have been shot by John Searles.

Ventura Free Press, June 7, 1879:

"Old Jeff" ( Guiberson ) pretends to have found the tracks of "Old Clubfoot" a noted grizzly who used to range about Fort Tejon years ago. 'Twon't do Jeff, John Searles and the writer of this killed that bear on Posa Creek years ago. The brute weighed over 850 pounds. Reply