Humans and bears - Wild encounters

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(03-10-2016, 10:11 PM)Pckts Wrote: What bear could he mean by "red?"

The Grizzly Bear... They were of the species common to the upper part of the Missouri and might well be termed the variegated bear, for they are found occasionally of a black, grizzly, brown, or red color. There is every reason to believe them to be of precisely the same species. Those of different colors are killed together, as in the case of these two, as we found a white and bay associated together on the Missouri; and some nearly white were seen in this neighborhood by the hunters. Indeed, it is not common to find any two bears of the same color, and if the difference in color were to constitute a distinction of species, the number would increase to almost twenty.  Reply