King of the Grizzlies Page #2

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he had watched Wahmdi...

the eagle,

lifted into the sky...

by the strong medicine

of the sun.

Here, too, he had chipped

the hunting points...

for his first small arrows,

down there by the river's edge.

And far up

in the high country...

was that secret place

called Takakawa...

a waterfall

where his grandfather...

had washed away

his childhood...

and placed upon his hand

the sign of the Great Bear.

NARRATOR.' Was it an omen

or just a coincidence?

Moki was glad

that the bears seemed to be...

at home here

in the high country.

If they followed the river

down into the bench lands...

there could be trouble.

Moki was a cattleman now.

He was the foreman

of the ranch...

whose wide borders

he had just completed mapping.

Hyah! Hyah hyah hyah!

Whoo! Hyah!

NARRATOR.'

In these early stages...

the spread was only

a couple of buildings...

surrounded by great stretches

of raw land.

But the beginnings of

an empire were already here...

including the first herds

of whiteface...

that would soon

replace the longhorn...

as king of the western cattle.

COWBOYS.' Hey, hey, hey!

Ha ha! Whoo!

NARRATOR.' The old bear's

first concern was for her cubs.

For them, a safe hiding place

and a warning to stay put.

For herself, a scouting trip

to check up on all that noise.

The cubs were a couple

of weeks larger now...

and Wahb figured that

was about the right size...

to go exploring,

no matter what Sister said.

Now, fate was preparing

the stage for the first act...

in the strange drama

of the four-toed grizzly...

the Indian

who would be his friend...

and the cattleman

who would be his enemy.

Colonel Pearson was

a retired Army officer.

Once Moki had served as

the colonel's aide and scout...

now as his friend and foreman.

Hi-yo! Hyah!

COWBOY.' Hyah! Hyah! Hyah!

Hi-yo!

Let's fan out!

Charlie, Tom, take that side!

Right!

- Pecos!

- Yeah!

Comb the draw!

Got ya. Come on.

Do you want

to stay with me, sir?

Yeah, right.

NARRATOR.'

She sensed danger to her cubs.

It woul d be better to take

her family far away from here.

Mom hadn't gone more than

a few feet when she realized...

of her following.

She couldn't see him

or hear him...

so she set out to find him.

Actually, Wahb had traveled

about a quarter of a mile...

and right now

was working his way...

toward something of a problem.

It took a hollow log

to bring it into focus.

NARRATOR.'

Wahb figured to extend...

the paw of friendship...

but the calf just couldn't see

a bear cub as a companion.

NARRATOR.' The little heifer

was hollerin'for help...

and she got it.

There, in the thicket!

Come on!

Look like we got 'em all.

COLONEL.'

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