Cumberland Dragon
Subject: Cumberland Mountain Dragon/Cheeklaceella
Newspaper: Gazette of the United States And Daily Evening Advertiser (The North American)
Date: August 23, 1794
Summary
When tracing the legend and provenance of the Cumberland Mountain Creature, this entry might be the earliest available record. The salutation reads:
To the Printers of the Knoxville Gazette
Gentlemen,
The publishing the following account of a wonderful animal, lately discovered in the Cumberland Mountain, may be acceptable to the curious, and oblige a constant reader, it being a fact.
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