For generations at that point, the bear had been a shorthand for all the danger that people were encountering on the frontier, and the federal government was actually systematically exterminating bears and lots of other predators too, like coyotes and wolves.
对几代人来说 熊一直象征着所有 人们在前线遇到的危险 联邦政府其实曾经 系统性地灭绝狗熊 以及其它捕食动物 比如说小狼和野狼