In another instance a gentleman I once knew, a Mr.S.Carr was charged by a grisly from mere ill temper at being disturbed at mealtime.

The man was riding up a valley; and the bear was at an elk carcass, near a clump of firs.

As soon as it became aware of the approach of the horseman, while he was yet over a hundred yards distant, it jumped on the carcass, looked at him a moment, and then ran straight for him.

There was no particular reason why it should have charged, for it was fat and in good trim, though when killed its head showed scars made by the teeth of rival grislies.

Apparently it had been living so well, principally on flesh, that it had become quarrelsome; and perhaps its not over sweet disposition had been soured by combats with others of its own kind.
In yet another case, a grisly charged with even less excuse.