"The Grizzily"

We were sailing calmly up the river after finally leaving Fort Mandan after a cold long winter when we encountered a tremendous looking animal. it was a brown creature with large teeth and facial parts. It also had the most peculiar ears. We shot one the first day as it was a very easy kill, but several days later we encountered a much larger one and it was a extreemley hard to kill......... Then as we were along the river our canoe capsized! Luckly Sacagwea came to the rescue as when happens whenever the canoe capsizes. Me and some of my best hunters went to go kill the large animal we now call a grizzly bear. The grizzly charged me and my men and we had to retreat back to the ships. we shot it with several slugs and we failed to kill him. The men on the shore though were ready and after many guns fired and blood shed, a slug hit it through the head and killed it. We've encountered them many times now and they are very respectable creatures and troublsome........... We believe these creatures our monsters sent to devour us and down us like an extra ration of whiskey.........