- Dunlap ate hardly any dinner, we noticed, and the very first batch of bear sign turned out, he loads up a tin plate and goes out and sits behind the storehoure in the sun, all alone in his glory.1903, Andy Adams, The Log of a Cowboy: A Narrative of the Old Trail Days:
- When Pearlie arrived next to Smoke and Sally, skidding to a stop in the mud that was a result of the spring rains earlier in the week, he ignored the coffee and grabbed a double handful of the bear sign, while simultaneously tipping his hat at Sally.2003, William W. Johnstone, Quest of the Mountain Man, page 7: