grizzly bears

[David Costa]

I'm posting this query on behalf of Michael McCafferty:


French voyageurs in the upper Missouri called the grizzly bear "l'ours
blanc" ('white bear'). According to Patrick Gass and J. Ordway, two
members of the Lewis and Clark expedition, this name came from the
"Natives".

Does anyone know an Amerindian language in which the name for the
grizzly corresponds to "white bear"?

Thank you very much,

Michael McCafferty
mmccaffe at indiana.edu


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