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IN February ltd, a detachment of tnnnmed Infantry, commanded by Captain John Braird penetrated fifteen miles into th^ Cumberland mountain: On Covfecrcck,cufign McDonald,*add another mart, in advance of the party a* fpies, they difcovcrcd a creature about thrca ilcps from them: it hud only two legs, aid flood alnioft upright, coveted with fcales* of a black, brown,.and a light yellow colour, in ipots like rings, a white tuft or crown on the top of itfc ahead, about four feat high a head as big as a two powrd done, and la^geof a fiery red. It Hood about thrcor i 1or at * { at d er»mgiven not to fire a, pun cicept at IndiansItlrr R1 Dolt a {3 Ydvi 3?c df an d rtrucYat ltwnhlils fword, whefert it jumped up, at lead. tight feet, and Jit on the fame fpot of grtyind,.mgblood, and thtn retreatedinto a laurel thicket, turning round often as if intended to fight. The tracks of it rrfrmbled that of a gode, but larger/ TIt«Indians report, that a crciturc inhabits that part 6f the mountain, of the above detcrip*tion, which, I y its breath’will kill a vnaa^if he djc* not iaftaiw'.y immerfc hitnieif inwater. v
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The Centinel of the North Western Territory
Cincinnati, Ohio, US
Sat, Oct 11, 1794
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