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Grizzly Adams ( Haggerty ) is a woodsman during the frontier era who flees into the mountains after he is wrongly accused of murder.

While struggling to survive, Adams discovers an orphaned grizzly bear cub whom he takes in and calls Ben.

The bear, despite his huge adult size, becomes Adams's closest companion.

Adams proves to have an uncanny link to most of the indigenous wildlife of the region, who have no fear of him.

In return, he resolves never to harm another animal whenever possible.

In the television series, Adams had two human companions, an old trader named Mad Jack the Mountain Man ( Denver Pyle, commonly featured with a mule named " Number Seven ") and a native American named Nakoma ( Don Shanks ).

Together, they helped various visitors while protecting the wildlife.