The Richmond Indiana palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1854-1855, 1855-06-14
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lbs BxAR WoNAN.-There is no mistake
about the singularity. and almost rspulsiye re-
semblsnce 10 the brute. in this creature We
saw her yesterday At College Hall. and any
thing in human shape. that possessed less Of
human nature, we never saw. Her face is
covered with short. thick hair. not unlike the
Bearded Swiss Lady. but she has no fore
head. or so little that = monkeys phrenologi-
cal display would equal hers. There is very
narrow patch Of skin shove her eyebrows.
where less hair grows than on her jaws. or the
lower part Of her face. but the first appear
ance is that Of continuous growth Of hair
from the eyeb brows to the head Her back il
covered. but not so thickly, with hair as is
her neck and arms.
Her exposed body shows no hairy growth:
if her face were concealed she might pass for .
very small but fully developed woman of the
mulatto hue, Her color is about that of An
Indian, but looks darker in consequence of the
hair upon it. Her jaws project like . bab-
oon's. and her lips ara very large and pro-
truding. She has no teeth that We could see
and her bare gums, which are continually ex-
posed in her baboon mouth. look Disgusting
Her jaws and mouth present y close approach
to those of monkey. We could see nothing
particularly suggestive of bear in them.
unless it were the thick black hair that Gov
cred them.
She is dressed like ordinary woman
He: height is about that of boy ten or twelve
years old. She talks, but not very intelli-
gently, far We could Judge. and is said
to dance. but We were spared sight of such
an effort. The biography of her says her
name is Julia Pastrana, and was caught, il
that be proper word. in the State Of Sinaloa,
near California. The tribe she belongs to is
said TO live in caves. in naked state and to
subsist upon roots. insects. barks of trees.
&c. Here is description Of them
They have a great many tanned animals.
such As Bears, Monkeys. Squirrels. &c. which
they know difference between and them
selves. Their face and whole person is Gov
cred with thick. black hair. and their fea-
lures have a close resemblance to those of
Bear and Ourang Outang Their mooths are
elongated. with very thick double lips. They
have no front upper teeth. but q strong jaw to
mastcate nuts or any hard substance. much
like brute. Their stature is from three to
four feet. and they weigh from eighty to nine
ty pounds. They have intellect and are en-
dowed with speech. which no monster. have
ever possessed. They have always been re-
ported by travellers as species of Ape or
Ba6oon. having no intellect Their dsposi
ton are very much of the monkey order, very
spiteful and hard to govern. She is in some
respects an exception to her tribe. as she is
much larger. and has no hair on her bosom.
hands and feet. and human nature seems TO
predominant. She is 22 years old. four feet
six inches high. and weighs l1e pounds.
She was taken and raised by Mexican Ia
dy, who had fallen into the hands Of this
Opate tribe Of Indians some years before.
who on her release. took the child homo. call
ed it Julia Pastrana. and gave her to the Gov
ernor of the State Of Sinaloa. Thence she
was brought to this country for exhibition
She is curiosity. certain. and if hun.bug.
then she is still greater curiosity Indiana
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