A Natural History of the Chicago Region
"While I lay sick...in December 1833, the town was thrown into a great commotion by a report that someone had seen a bear cross the prairie from the Oak Woods to the South Branch timber.... The hunter's dogs and guns of the town were soon astir.... At last the motley pack gave tongue as near as I could understand near where the Rock Island Passenger Depot now stands and there on a good size cottonwood tree bruin was found perched as he no doubt thought secure from his enemies, however, he was soon brought to grief and cut up into small pieces that all in the town who were fond of bear meat might have a taste." - Judge John Dean Caton of the Illinois Supreme Court, on one of the last bear hunts in the city of Chicago
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