If wounded, he becomes furious and will pursue the hunter.

His speed exceeds that of a man but is inferior to that of a horse.

In attacking he rears himself on his hind legs, and springs the length of his body.

Woe to horse or rider that comes within the sweep of his terrific claws, which are sometimes nine inches in length, and tear everything before them.
At the time we are treating of, the grizzly bear was still frequent on the Missouri and in the lower country, but, like some of the broken tribes of the prairie, he has gradually fallen back before his enemies, and is now chiefly to be found in the upland regions, in rugged fastnesses like those of the Black Hills and the Rocky Mountains.

Here he lurks in caverns, or holes which he has digged in the sides of hills, or under the roots and trunks of fallen trees.