Lewis+and+Clark+Animals

- Lewis and Clark heard many rumors about the grizzly bears from Indian tribes they met - They hard about how grizzly fur made a great coat for the cold weather - They were also told about the grizzly strenth and how they were hard to kill - Indians used to be described as monster with massive tracks -//"The legs of this bear are somewhat longer than those of the black, as are it's tallons and tusks in comparably larger and longer....it's color is yellowish brown, the eyes small black and piercing."// --Meriwether Lewis on the grizzly bear.
 * //__Grizzly Bears Notes:__//**

- Lewis and Clark heard about how fast the wolves were - Lewis and Clark would hear them every night howling - They would often see them a lot stalking pray so it wasn't hard to find them - Lewis and Clark discovered the gray wolf and called them the LARGE wolf - The gray wolves were eaiser to catch than to have as a pet //-"We scarely see a gang of buffaloe without observing a psrsel of those faithfull shepherds on their skirts in readiness to take care of the maimed wounded. The large wolf never barks, but howls as those of the atlantic states do."// -- Meriwether Lewis
 * //__Gray Wolves__//**

- smallest rabit in the north america - they used to eat and for there soft fur - lived in holes so hard to catch - very fast September 14, 1804 "Shields killed a //Hare// like the mountain hare of Europe, waighing 6 ¼ pounds (altho pore) his head narrow, its ears large i, e. 6 Inches long & 3 Inches Wide one half of each White, the other & out part a lead Grey from the toe of the hind foot to toe of the for foot is 2 feet 11 Inches, the hith is 1 foot 1 Inch & ¾, his tail long thick & white." —William Clark
 * //__Pygmy Rabit__//**

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