THE ABBEVILLE PRESS AND BANNER — MAY 12, 1897
For several years the story has been extensively circulated that the natives of Alaska are acquainted with living mammoths. The probable origin of the story was pointed out at a recent meeting of the Biological Society of Washington by Mr. C. H, Townsend. In 1885 when he was in Alaska, some of the natives questioned him concerning the nature of the giant animal whose bones are not infrequently found there, and he drew restorations of the mammoth in order to show them how it looked when living. They were greatly interested in the pictures, and made copies of them. These copies, he thinks, have been widely scattered through Alaska, and, being found by white men in the hands of the natives, have given rise to the belief that the prehistoric beasts still inhabit that country.
From— The Abbeville Press and Banner. (Abbeville, S.C.), 12 May 1897. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.
