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 CISCO'S TALES OF THE TRAIL
Monarch of the Mountains

THE
GRIZZLY
BEAR

The leaders and men of the Lewis and Clark Ex-

pedition in 1805 were the first men to make a
study of the grizzly bear, a type of bear new to
them. The name grizzly means grayish, or some-
what gray. The habitat of this bear reached from
the mountains of Mexico, throughout the Sierras
and the Rockies into Canada. Like other bears, its

diet consisted of roots, wild honey, grubs, fish and

game.

What set the grizzly apart from the black and brown bears was his size and his terrible,
savage fury when aroused. Weighing an average of 900 pounds, the grizzly wreaked havoc
among the Indians and the early white settler. Many an early Westerner lost his life to one
of these brutes because the rifle of that day lacked the power and punch of later day rifles.
This monarch was, and still is, a mighty,fearful,and respected foe of any hunter.

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THE LUMBERJACKS UP "ERE IRE VERY
SUPERST'TiOUS thev BELIEVE tw£RE'S
A PHANTOM THAT SHOWS W EVERY
THIRTEEN YEARS' IT'S « BEAR, WHO
CARRIES A GUN AND AN AYE? 0=
couRse r TM£RE's nosuch Turner
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SENORITA, YOURS IS\ PANCHO, 1 CAN'T BLAME YOU
AWILD TALETYOU 8j; FOR DOUBTING MEf THE GRIZZLY ]
SAY "THE GRIZZLY GHOSTISONLYASUPERSTITIONr
GHOST" CAUSED ALL BUT IT HAS SCARED OUR MEN
YOUR TROUBLE AWAY TILL WE HAVE ONLY
YET THERE IS NO
SUCH THING
'BY TOPHET,I'LL MEET THE TERMS
OF THE CONTRACT? I'LLGET THE
LOSS TO THE MILL ON TIME IF I
HAVE TO CHOP DOWN ALLTHE
TREES MYSELF
STANDIN'ON ONE LEG!
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WHERE HAVE YOU
BEEN? IS THIS FOB
YOU A HOLIOAY?
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I'M ASHAMED OFYQU.PAREE-

f GOOD WORK, PANCHO
WELL, SENORITA, THE AND YOU TOO, BULLWHIP-
VFIGHT IS STOPPED"^ TAKING TIME OUT FOR A ROW J
WHEN YOU KNOW WE ALL
HAVE TO WOR K EVERY ,
MINUTE TO MAKE
OUR QUOTA
 WORK? BAH HOW CAN
r
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A MAN WORK WHEN HE MUST
. SPEND HALF MS TIME
. CHAS1N" A GHOST?
AXES' HEAVENS,
NOf THAT IS
trofise THAN
GUNS'
BIG BULL WHIP SENDS
THE CHIPS FLYIN6J
 I DO NOT LIKE TO BE CALLED A
CHEATER.SEftORfBUT.TO SATISFY
YOU.WE WILL HAVE ANOTHER CONTEST
AN ENDURANCE CONTEST.'
THIS WILL GIVE EVERY, MAN
A CHANCE?
EVERY MAN CHOOSE A SECTION OF THE
FOREST? WE WILL THEN SEC WHO CAN
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CUT THE MOST TIMBER IN FOUR HOURS
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SENORITA JACKIE WILL BE TIMEKEEPER:
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SOON AFTERWARD, NEARBY.
 COUSIN JOSE'
PANCHO DOES NOT
GET DOWN HERE VERY
Ml>Cn! SO ME MUST
MAKE ThE GRAND
TOUR OF THE
RELATIVES f

MAS ABOUT to \ WE WOULD BE

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FIRST *E*•(,*! BE / /ASSISTANCE, \
ABLE TO ME t P CATCH / / CISCO' i'OUR 1
-.THIS TH.EF!, ' 1 REPUTATION IS I

\ WELL KNOWN /
\IN MEXICO?/

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HIS LAST THEFT SEVERAL.! HUMPFT PANCHO WILL BE^
OAYS AGO— WAS AT MISSION ]
TOO TIRED TO PICK L
INES, WHICH IS SEVERAL MILES AMYTMM6 EVEN-
AHEAOf IT SEEMS THE 8EST
PLACE TO TRY TO PICK UP^
HIS TRAIL r
I WILL PAY YOU
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R TRIP IN \
FOR THIS RELIC?
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FEW MOMENTS TO
FIX SUPPER? THE
STEW IS ALREADY
SIMMERING?

PERHAPS YOU WILL FIND HER STORY * ACCORDIN6 TO THE LEGEND, MALINCHE WAS
INTERESTING' CHINAMECA IS THE
. ACCUSED OF BRINGING BLOODSHED UPON HER
BIRTHPLACE OF DONA MARIA PEOPLE. AND CONDEMNED BY HER ENEMIES!
. .

CALLED "MALINCHE " IN THE NATIVE

TON«UEr SHE WAS THE INTERPRETER
.TO CORTEZ, THE SPANISH CONQUEROR!
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'BEFORE ENTERING THE TEMPLE. 5HE TURNED AND SPOKE TO HER FOLLOWERS-
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00 NOT BE ALARMED P-PANCHO HAS NOR 00 YOU WANT TO!
AMIGOf IT IS BUT HEARD OF JAGUARS. THEY ARE VICIOUS
"ELTtGRE BUT HE HAS NEVER ANIMALS GOING OUT
THE JAGUAR MET ONE' OF THEIR WAY TO LOOK
FOR TROUBLEf WHEN
They roar at night it
often means the
approach of bao
weather i

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TOWARD DAWN, AS THE
TOWER WATCH CHANGES.

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BUT THE INDIAN POMES ON UNTIL - AT THE RESOUNDINS SHOT..
SO I WILL ASK HIM IF HE NO OANGEROFTHAT*
WOULD LIKE TO JOURNEY TO AFTER WHAT ALMOST
THE COAST WITH USt IF HE HAPPENED IN THE
ACCEPTS WELL, HE MAY TEMPLE, HE MUST BE
TIP HIS HAND ON THE WAY VERY ANXIOUS TO
IN FACT. I MAY #£IP LEAVE CHINAMECA?
HIM D
STILL LATER SENORT IF YOU WILL I OlDN'Tf
Y'KNOW.CISCO — PARDON A PERSONAL
QUESTION HOW DID
I HAD A
PARTNER r
I DON'T TRUST
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HE'D AS SOON YOU HAPPEN TO GO INTO ONE DAY,

MY THROAT AS THE JUNGLE ALONE? WE WERE
LOOK AT EXPLORING
SOME OLD RUINS
WHEN A CORAL
SNAKE GOT JOEf

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CROUCHING, ZIMA JABS THE BOAR

SHARPLY..
THEN RUNS TOWARD SAM

THANKS, CISCO! 1 / TO UE.THE UNSEATING

I THOUGHT I WAS / LOOKED ACCIDENTAL,
,

A GONER! THAT ***\ SENOR! AS FOR THE

INDIAN DELIBERATELY) JAVEUNA IT WAS
MADE THE BOAR J ONLY NATURAL FOR
CHARGE! r— -"\ HIM TO CHARGE YOU!
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A FRESH PRINT? \ Z1MAT TURN THE DOGS

THE LARGE ROUND } LOOSE QUICKLY' EL
*ADS AND TOES J TIGRE IS CLOSE BY
OF A JAQUARf^/

WE MUST HUNT HIM DOWN

AND KILL HIM! OR HE MAY
ATTACK THE SCENT OF THE
T
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SLAIN BOAR WILL AWAKEN
HIS KILLER INSTINCT'

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THE MEN ARE SLOWED BY THE
HEAVY FOLIAGE.

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I'DSURE LIKE THIS
PELT TO TAKE
BACK HOME
 WILL\ / WHY.YOUOVER-
SEfiOR SAM, YOU
HAVE USE FOR THE / GROWN TUB OF LARD!
JAGUAR PELT' THE / THAT SILLY URN'S
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FLOORS OF THE / no proof, i've

JAIL ARE COLD*/ \ DONE NOTHING J.

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WE #YZZ PICK UPA SHIP AT MINATITLAN, ^ SOME TIME L ATER, IN MEXICO CITY. .

SENOR' BUT ONE BOUND FOR VERACRUZ

FROM THERE WE WILL GO TO MEXICO , ^WELL, COUSIN PANCHO,
CITY WHERE SHALL SUGGEST AN
YOUR VISITS AREFEW «
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INVESTIGATION INTO THE DEATH

OF YOUR PARTNER