bruins

Updated: May 3, 2025

Whipping out his hunting knife, he hurriedly cut off a short thick branch and trimmed it into a shape that would have made a most excellent shillelagh for a native of the Green Isle. He had hardly done so, when the heads of the bruins were thrust upward almost against his feet.

Edward Sylvester Ellis - The Life of Kit Carson: Hunter, Trapper, Guide, Indian Agent and Colonel U.S.A.