Incident #1000674
Chehalis, Lewis Cty, Washington
before 1820
Account
Agnes Louise Eliot said that before the European settlers came "a big Skookum or hairy man drove all the Indians away that were living on the Pe Ell Prairie and the Indians never went back there to live until after the Roundtree boys took up claims there."
When
- Year
- before 1820
Where
- State / province
- Washington
- County
- Lewis Cty
- Nearest Town
- Chehalis
- Direction from Town
- West Southwest
- Distance from Town
- 16
- Population of Town
- 6000
- Elevation/Altitude
- 1
- Latitude
- 4635--
- Longitude
- 12316--
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Report type
- hearsay
Setting
- Terrain
- plain
- Slope
- level
- Nearby Water
- river
Source
- Source
- Told by the Pioneers, Vol. 2, interview with Agnes
- Source Type
- book
- Source reliability
- 3
- Incident reliablility
- 1
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- large
- Posture
- erect
- Aggressive To
- Indians
- Human Contact
- attack
- Other Unusual Y/N
- Yes
- Describe Unsual
- Skookum, or big hairy man, drove the Indians from the area.