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rr0edt1tSOOlwatthewatbefiSt.,the:redsioringTHE MONSTER OF LAKE MAN-I-TOO.As this story has obtained and is likely to obtain a credibility which it does not deserve, we have taken the pains to enquire of those who should know, the truth or falsity of the statements made, and find | '}that there is very little if any foundation for the many garbled reports which are afloat in regard to this wondrous and cx-1 oc^traordinary animal. Indeed, it would seem win that it required more proof, in any event, was to be believed. The story it seems in the first place, is predicated upon the super- L*ee stitious traditions of the Indians, and re- sur ceives additional strength from the slate- six ments of those who have witnessed the sen curiosity—some ten years ago, others I. \ more recently. pecWe arc informed by the gentleman who to I located the Pottawatamie Millls, at the foot nia 1 of this lake, that nothing of the Indian tra-i.t-eneisiti\-Jirethillditioiis ascribed to this Lake ever existed, |II £piea-;f-atlt-mJv:v.jr-ldtoand that when the mills were located, the tj0 Indians objected strongly upon the ground da; that they would sooner be in possession of c^e the fishery than of the mills—the location, ™ they thought, would in a measure, destroy €(j the fishing. Mr. McCartney, one of the 0pi first settlers of this country, and who has lived among the Indians for several vears,I thesays that the only Lake Man-i-too he has v... 1hnany knowledge oflies in Stark county, nearan old road, known among the French tra-1 infdcrs as the Portage road, and is now call- WiJed Cedar lake. This lake lies near Tip- jpecanoe river, and has ever been held indread by the natives. A monster (the bones I fiaof which are now to be found) was once— disso savs the Indian tradition—killed on itsoreannongliagchIr.banks, the mate of which escaped into the water. This gave rise to the fearful superstitions of the Indians,—a chief among I na whom, says Mr. McCartney, actually re- wc\vctin\vafused to shoot a swan playing on the wa- wa1 t}) 5ters of the Lake, so great was his fear of . '. intthe Man-i-too, or Devil. Lj0The story of the men engaged in build- itsi-of- 7nt.20.nratnaWetOinav-lering the mills, at that time, was not at all credited, but was ascribed to their ignorance or superst ition—they having no doubt tortured the shadow of the canoe—which was of Indian manufacture, some 20 feet long, and had a figure head—into the shape ceof a huge monster, which their fright would cy ° . , . snnot permit them to examine.We should not have noticed this, did th not the increasing notoriety which the gf story is obtaining demand it of us. Where there is no plausibility about a story, theree\thaiis no use in its circulation. ^
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Logansport Herald
Logansport, Indiana, US
Thu, Aug 16, 1838
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