Roosevelt visited Argentina he was presented with a fragment of hide picked up in Patagonia with long hair still attached to it. The hide was a half inch thick and curiously reinforced beneath the surface with tiny rods of bone. It must have belonged to some huge animal recently alive. What was it?” From— Evening Star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.), 24 March 1922. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.