The American patriot., 1855-01-24
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A Monster,
WONDERFUL PHENOMENON OF NATURE

WONDERFUL PHENOMENON OF NATURE
j 10 The steamer Flying Cloud, Captain Phillips,
which arrived at Our porta day or two since from
New Orleans, landed in our city a party Of Mexi-
cans, who1ha in their charge one of tho most
4 wonderful specimens of nature that We have ever
heard Of or '.read by tale Or history .. It was
Inothing else than woman twenty. four wears Of
/ age, the upper half of whose body resembled
that OF a bear. She has human hands and feet
but her arms neck, back, face and head, were COW
cred with thick, shaggy hair, the eyebrows hang
ing over the eyes so that they were almost conceal
ed Her nose and mouth protruiing beyond the
other features, gave her something the appearance
4efsa monkey ar oprang-outang, She spoke Span.
ism very fiuently, and was not without many ovi-
dences OF the common intelligence Of man An
exhibition OF her was made on the passage up in
the ladies' cabin; otherwise she was kept exceed
lpgly close from the curious eyes of the passengers
and crew Of the boat Arriving in our city, She
and those with her, took passage Immediately on
one of the Illinois boats for La Saa, from whence
she goes directly to New York, and then sails for
Europe, where she viii be exhibited to the public.
From the officers Of the Flying Cloud, who con-
yersed great deal with the Spanish interpreter of
the party, on the passage up we learn the follow
ing particulars relating 10 the Mexican. % e
About thirty years ago, in the province of Dur
range, Mexico, a party Of three women, belonging
to one OF the small towns lying at the base of the
Durango mountains, were rambling one day along
the side Of deep ravinc in the ncighborhood Of
bear Two of thc terr;Gnd f,,naIos asnYay5oJ go
the tery;hlet t,nonsto,] III, AZ sth;aa "
youred. as they snnosed h,, ta f,r,,s " ~ -.
hen they reached the village, the alarm was civ
en-, ard the inhabitants turned ont in large num-
bers to pursue the bear and kill him. and, if pos
sible recover the remains of their unfortunate sis
mountains for moS aronnd snsrohsa LII. s''a Wy
care Int No traces ~ a. i". . ..,sI w
Thc yaoes ,,f,,rnad ~ ~ T. ~ GV .vaa ~ io1nu
with tba f1n;l,, f ~ 3
der and talk ~ tbnv cot o. a,, 49, a ~ on,
dranL tbo;r f.,ort II ~. ~ u.e a. aho
res Of the e wmne ABOUT 'he 'crfoic rav
y Time passed al and as days and months ,,oro
added to the history Of the Iax;ca,, ,i,a%o ~
terrible incident Gad9 fn,,, H. ',sa,;ae t tlo
Inhabitants and tbr lost ,yomar ,rns nn,, W WV
bered bv her own f,m;I', "0-'"'' was o"y '''ne"''
About six wears had flown when ono ,,v n,,.-
tv of hnr+ sr,s,, fo, AZ -, ":s.. o.iS wy p-
sides of the. o,,nt,;r so,-rs, ,p ~ p'snns Up wy
the rayine in which tbe ,vo"o,, ,'as so;soa W. t,a
bear came upon the mouth of Iaroa cav ;nto
whch-fearing to exnlore if one Of them tircd h;S
musketoon. The report If thn o,, xyas ;nstanti,sl
answered by = low moan apnearinr "a come rom
the intermost parts Of the cave. it WAS reneated
several times, and at length several Of the hunts
uieu lHaSlnlng tnat the sounds were those Of the
human voice, grew emboldened and began explo- |
rations. Arriving at the frthcst eytremitv of the
den, they came to a little recess piled around with
bones Of various animals; and in which they dis
covered the living form of u woman, -. 4
= She was 50 reduced in flesh, was so altered. and
had so much the ouneoroncc * Il Ma nn;ni
that the daring hunters trembled to approach her
Finally she spoke to them, and by a mixture of
signs and words begged them to leave tbc cayc
instantly, for the bear that Inhabited thc den Min
her. was most powerful ana G.rocious and ,ro,l5 /
return in a very short time and devour them. /
Inc hunters astonishcd almost beyond theirwits at
the spectacle of human being in such situation,
and recognizing in her the woman that wears be- /
fore had been seized near the village. and as .,ov !
supposed, deyoured DELAYED their depart,,re and |
endeaYoIed by every kind of cntrcaty and ue,sna.
sion to induce her 10 leave the cave and retrn Ia
her old home and fimily.
Finally the party agreed to leave her for tho |
night in the cave and in the morning to return
with strong force to kill the monster and rot.1e
the woman -. -
After they had got some distance from the den /
they came suddenly upon the bear, who was on i
his way to his retreat A terrible tlght ensured |
In his paw the animal held what seemed to be n I
female cub but it bore such resemblance to "a
voting babe. that the hunters for Far &c ;ninrn~
Evontaii,, ';ptass 'I ,'lVs a." ,'ione:
party, and the cub wa8 SScn f.on tIe o,,,s AZ
as sJataer the Jear! The huulsmen then mme-
oa'ciy returned 70 thc cave ana delivered the cub