BLACK BRUIN'S FIRST ACQUAINTANCE WITH A PANTHER
BLACK BRUIN
The Biography of a Bear
By
Clarence Hawkes
Author of
Shaggycoat, The Biography of a Beaver
The Trail to the Woods
Tenants of the Trees
The Little Foresters
etc.
Illustrated by
Charles Copeland
Philadelphia
George W. Jacobs & Co.
Publishers
Copyright, 1908, by
GEORGE W. JACOBS AND COMPANY
All rights reserved
Printed in U. S. A.
Dedicated to
My illustrator and friend
MR. CHARLES COPELAND
whose clever brush has caught so
perfectly each whim of nature in
field and forest, and called from
hiding the furtive furred and
feathered folk, who come and go
like shadows in the ancient woods.
THE GREAT BEAR OF THE MOUNTAINS
He had stolen the belt of Wampum
From the neck of Mishe-mokwa,
From the Great Bear of the mountains,
From the terror of the nations,
As he lay asleep and cumbrous,
On the summit of the mountains,
Like a rock with mosses on it,
Spotted brown and gray with mosses.
—LONGFELLOW.