Thus has arisen the belief that the once wild region traversed by the river Sarine came into the possession of some chief of these tribes who there settled with his followers. The unavowed author (Bonsetten) of a history of the Counts of Gruyere is of the opinion that it is possible that, in accordance with the customs of the Germanic tribes, that Gruerius, the hero of the popular legend, or his warriors, might have carried a Grue (crane) as a symbol of a migratory race on their helmets or shields, and that the leader himself might have adopted the name Gruerius from the emblem. The theory, however, disagrees entirely with the tradition that the Burgundians were so fond of liberty that they bore the figure of a cat upon their banners. It is well known that the arms of Gruyere are a Grue on a scarlet field, and this circumstance alone has evidently given rise to the anonymous author's conjecture. His opinion not only has no positive proof to support it, but has no color of probability in its favor. J. J. Hisely, author of "Le Comte de Gruyere." BIBLIOGRAPHY _Histoire du Comte de Gruyere._ J.-J. Hisely. 1851, Lausanne. _Monuments de l'Histoire du Comte de Gruyere._ Abbe Gremaud. _Memoires et Documents_ publies par la Societe d'Histoire de la Suisse Romande. Vol I a VII, IX, X, XI. 1838 a ce jour. _Die Graefin von Gruyere_, de Rodt. (Der Schweizerische Geschicht Forster. Berne, 1847.) _Die Schweiz in Ihren Ritterbuergen._ Berne, 1828. _Tableaux Historiques de la Suisse._ Vol. I, abbe Girard. Premier tableau, Gruyere. Carouge (Leman), 1802. _Le Conservateur Suisse._ Lausanne, 1857. _Courses dans la Gruyere._ Hubert Charles. Paris, 1826. _Souvenirs de la Gruyere._ Auguste Majeux, Fribourg. _Notice Historique sur Gruyere._ J.-H. Thorin, Fribourg, 1882. _La Contree d'Oron._ Ch. Pache. Lausanne, 1895. _Histoire de Charlemagne_, suivie de l'Histoire de Bourgogne. Gaillard. _La Gruyere illustree._ Fribourg, 1890, 1er fasc.; 1891, 2e fasc.; 1892, 3e fasc.; 1894, 4e et 5e fasc.; 1898, 6e fasc.; 1903, 7e fasc; 1913, 8e fasc. _Les Alpes Fribourgeoises._ La Gruyere. Lausanne. _Legendes des Alpes Vaudoises._ Ceresole, Lausanne. _Etrennes Fribourgeoises._ Fribourg, 1846-1900. _Cites et Pays Suisses._ G. de Reynold, Lausanne. _Contes et Legendes de la Suisse historique_. G. de Reynold, Lausanne. _Histoire litteraire de la Suisse au XVIIIe siecle._ G. de Reynold. (Le Doyen Bridel). Lausanne. _La Suisse Inconnue._ V. Tissot. Paris, 1888. _Scenes de la Vie Gruyerienne._ Scioberet, Fribourg, 1854. _Legendes Fribourgeoises._ J. Genoud, Fribourg, 1892. _Chronique du Chev. Louis de Diessbach._ Geneve, 1901. _Histoire de la Confederation Suisse._ J. Dierauer, Lausanne. _Histoire de la Suisse racontee au peuple._ Gobat, Neuchatel. _Histoire de la Confederation Suisse._ Vuillemin, Lausanne, 1875. _Histoire des Suisses._ Jean de Muller. _Dictionnaire biographique des Genevois et Vaudois._ A. de Montet, Lausanne, 1877.