The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1870-11-12
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More About the wild Man Of the
e~ Mountains.

for the truth ofhis story, writes 10
the Antioch Ledger, averring that
the statement about a gorilla hay
ing been seen among the noun
tains at the head of Orestrinba
creek, and in Crow canon, is strict
ly true. He says:
/ positively assure yon that this
gorilla. or Wild man, or whatever
you choose to call it, is no myth.
I know that it exists, and that
there are at least two of them, hav-
ing seen them both at once, not a
year ago. Their existence has
been reported at times for tho
past twenty years, and l have
heard it said that, In early days an
ourangoutsng escaped from ship
on the Southern coast; but the
creature / have seen is not that an
nal, and if it is, where did he get
his mater import her, .s the
Web-foots did their wives2 Last
autumn I was hunting in tie noun
tains about twenty miles south of
here, and canped five or six days
in one place, as have done ev-
cry season for the past fifteen
years. Several times / returned
to my camp, after hunt, and saw
that the ashes and ,harred sticks
from the 6re- place had been scat
tered about.
An old hunter notices such
things, and very soon gets curious
to know the cause. Although my
bedding and traps and little stores
we're not disturbed, that ! should
see. l WAS anxious to learn what
cr who it was that so regularly
visited my camp, for clearly the
half-burned sticks and cinders
co1ld not scatter themselves about.
/ saw no tracks near the camp, as
the hard ground, covered with dry
leaves, would show none So l
started on circle round the place.
and three hundred yards off, II
deep sand, I struck the track O 3
mans feet, as I supposed-bs
and OF immense size Nov I Nss
curious, sure. and resolved to fEy
tor this bare looted v sitor. / ac-
cordingly took n position on hill
side, some sixty or seventy yards
from the fire, and securely hid in
the brush, I waited and watched
Two hours more sat there. and
wondered If the owner of tie bare
feet would come again, and wbe,h-
er he imagined what an interest
he lad created in my inquiring
mir d. finally, what possessed him
to be prowling about there with
no shoes on. The fireplace was
on my right, and the spot where /
saw the tracks was on nv left hid
by bushes. 1t was in this direc-
tion that my attention wss mostly
directed, thinking the visitor would
appear there; and besides, it was
easier to sit and face that way
Suddenly was startled bv shrill
whistle. such as boys produce with
two fingers under their tongue,
and turning quickly, I circulated,
Good God,' as I saw the object of
my solicitudc standing beside my
fire, erect, and looking suspicious
ly around.
1t was the image of man, but it
could not have been human. I
was never so bcrumhed with aston.
ishment before. The creature,
whatever it was. stool fully five
feet high. and disproportionately
broad and square at the shoulders,
with arms of great length. The
legs were very short and the body
long. The head was small COM
pared with the rest of the creature,
and appeared to be set upon his
shoulders without neck. The
whole was covered with dark
brown and ciDnamon oolored hair,
quite long on some parts, that on
the head standing in shock and
growing close down to the eyes.
like Digger Indians.
: As ] looked. he threw his head
back and whis.led again, aud then
s'ooped End grasped stick fron
lhe fire. This he swung round
md roaud. until the fire on the end
had gone out, when he repeated
The lnaneuver. / was dumb alfnost
and could only look. Fifteen
minutes sat and watched him, as
le whist.ed and scattered nv fire
about. Icosfd easily have put
bullet through hie head, but why
should kill him2 Having anus
ri himself, apparently. all he de-
'ired with my fire, he started to
20. and having gone a short dis