Mississippi 1721 - Great Beast Terrifies Indians Near Natchez

[Trogluddite]

Mentioned in Christopher L. Murphy's SASQUATCH/BIGFOOT CHRONICLE & Other Unrecognized Relict Hominoids & Wild Men Earliest Reports to 1899, an unpublished collection which is floating around the Forums somewhere.  As I prefer to verify source documents, I found the Journal of Father Charlevoix online in the Library of Congress at https://www.loc.gov/item/02010649/.  

 

This book is in a queer format at some places - very short snippets from one journal are at the top of the page while much longer entries from a different document are at the bottom.  I have clipped the top sections only, although the book looks like it would be fascinating for history buffs.  I skipped several pages which contained observations not relevant to the Forums. 

 

The first three pages identify the location of the encounter; only the first paragraph on each page is relevant.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The next three pages describe what happened; again, only the first paragraph on each page is relevant.

 

 

 

 

Edited September 17 by Trogluddite
To improve chronology and/or formatting