CHAPTER V.

Grizzly Bears--An Adventure with a Grizzly--The Three "Bares"--The Mountain-Man's Manners--Joking the Leaders--The Irishman and the Booshway--How Sublette climbed a Tree and escaped a Bear--Rival Trappers--Whisky as a Strong Card--Ogden's Indian Wife--Her Courage and Escape--Winter Quarters--Crow Horse-Thieves--An Expedition on Foot--Night Attack on the Indian Fort--Fitzpatrick Missing--Destitution in Camp--A "Medicine-Man" consulted--"Making Medicine"--A Vision Obtained--Fitzpatrick Found--Death of Smith--An Expedition on Snow-Shoes, 90