# Big Bear — Poetry character guide

> Big Bear in Poetry by James McIntyre.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** the Big Bear, Bear

**First appearance:** 0009-fight-with-a-bear-in-the-northwest

## Who they are

A bear character in a narrative poem.

## Relationships

### [Gordon Cumming](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/characters/gordon_cumming)

_rivalry_

Big Bear and Gordon Cumming are antagonists, clashing over territory or resources in the wilderness.

## In the story

### [Fight with a Bear in the Northwest](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/fight-with-a-bear-in-the-northwest)

The bear mistaken for a buffalo, fought and killed by the youths.

### [Northwest Rebellion](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/northwest-rebellion)

Referenced indirectly through the 'Indian horde' and the capture of Riel, though Big Bear is not named directly.

### [Big Bear the Indian Chief](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/big-bear-the-indian-chief)

The Indian chief who captured Fort Pit and held captives, later imprisoned.

### [Origin of the Toboggan](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/origin-of-the-toboggan)

Implied as the inventor of the toboggan, observed by the hunter.

### [Bear and Falls](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/bear-and-falls)

The eight-hundred-pound bear swimming down the Niagara River, climbs into the canoe and threatens the hunter.

### [Bear and Whale](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/bear-and-whale)

Represents Russia in the fable, the bear who ventures to the sea shore and is challenged by the whale.

### [Fight in a Cave](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/fight-in-a-cave)

The bear that attacks the hunter in the cave and is ultimately killed.

## Links

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