Chased by a grizzly
Excerpts from journal entries by members of the Lewis and Clark expedition on May 14, 1805.
Author: Capt. Meriwether Lewis
Entry (original grammar and spelling): the bear ... pursued two of them seperately so close that they were obliged to throw aside their guns and pouches and throw themselves into the river...
Author: Sgt. Patrick Gass
Entry (original grammar and spelling): [the bear] made battle and was near seizing some of them, but they all fortunately escaped...
Author: Pvt. Joseph Whitehouse
Entry (original grammar and spelling): one of the men on Shore Shot the bear in the head, which killed him dead after having nine balls Shot in him.T
Source: www.nps.gov
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