Prairie grizzlies. It's interesting to read the records and diaries of the first white people crossing the continent, especially the scientifically minded groups like the Lewis and Clarke Expedition, and comparing their meticulous records of animal sightings with maps of 'first nations' territories. Almost without exception, grizzlies were seen only in inter-tribal - 'no-man' lands between tribal territories, where they seldom encountered humans. Within central tribal territories, they were very actively killed by natives - both to prove the virility of the hunter, and to remove a dangerous competitor/predator of the same plant food sources that native women and children were harvesting.
So grizzlies may have been 'common' on the prairies, but only in specific, and very limited areas.
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