Humans and bears - Wild encounters

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A Historic Grizzly by Bob Nolin ( 2007 )... A couple of days later Clark collected his first grizzly. They knew of black bears from back east, but this was their first experience dealing with an animal so large, powerful, strong, aggressive and willing to fight back at a moments notice. Their many encounters put them on edge, always looking over their shoulders, especially in the Great Falls area of Montana where the fearless animal proved to be the Corps' nemesis. The Corps was very fortunate to escape unscathed. Lewis made the comment that it was easier to fight two Indians than one grizzly.  Reply