Creator
[John Muir]
Recipient
[Annie] Wanda [Muir]
Transcription
[letterhead]
[line drawing of bear with paws in air]
July 12. 1888
My Dear Wanda-
When I was at Mountain Shasta on my way up here I was walking along thinking about the changes that had been made since I used to climb the old mountain - the railroad & the cars & the sawmills & the lots of new houses. I was thinking how different everything about the foot of the mountain looked when all at once I saw a bear A brown hairy muggins with long teeth & long claws & a long
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[in margin: your little sister & I will not forget to bring you something]
black nose. I was startled at first & said Hulou Old fellow What are you doing here. Then up he jumped [stricken word] & stood like a man & looked at me with his cunning eyes & held out his arms & spread his claws & big paws. Then I saw that he was chained & I gave him an apple & he ate it up then I ventured to walk close up to him & pat him on the head as if he were a dog then he took my hand in his mouth as if he meant to bit it off & he did bit in a little but I jerked it away before he could get a good hold. The old muggins seemed to be half in fun & half in earnest about his biting. Be a good girl & take good care of
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Location
Victoria, B. C.
Date Original
1888 Jul 23
Source
Original letter dimensions: 23 x 14 cm.
Recommended Citation
Muir, John, "Letter from [John Muir] to [Annie] Wanda [Muir], 1888 Jul 23." (1888). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 1768.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/1768
Resource Identifier
muir05_1070-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 05, Image 1070
Collection Identifier
Online finding aid for the microform version of the John Muir Correspondence http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt0w1031nc
Copyright Status
Copyrighted
Copyright Statement
The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust. To purchase copies of images and/or obtain permission to publish or exhibit them, see http://www.pacific.edu/Library/Find/Holt-Atherton-Special-Collections/Fees-and-Forms-.html
Owning Institution
Holt-Atherton Special Collections, University of the Pacific Library. Please contact this institution directly to obtain copies of the images or permission to publish or use them beyond educational purposes.
Copyright Holder
Muir-Hanna Trust
Copyright Date
1984
Pages
2 pages
Keywords
Environmentalist, naturalist, travel, conservation, national parks, John Muir, Yosemite, California, history, correspondence, letters
