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the bedford gazette (bedford, pa.) 1805-current — sulphur smell

Date of account: Newspaper page published 1857-05-29
Location: bedford, pennsylvania, united states
Source: Chronicling America paranormal and anomalous-report excerpts
Reference: the bedford gazette (bedford, pa.) 1805-current · 1857-05-29 · page 1
Rights: public_domain
Language: English OCR
Record updated: 2026-08-24

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A 1857-05-29 newspaper page contains wording relevant to “sulphur smell”. This is historical reporting or commentary preserved by the Library of Congress; it is not treated as verification that the described event occurred.

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... have seen siti"ke, with a sulphuric smell ism.- fiom a very remaikable cavity which is found it: the neigh horhood of this place. The Indians had a tradition, that a great many years ago, there was a lake of fire in this mountain. They pretended that it was frequen ted by invisible spirits, that w hen provoked they would pour fire upon their heads and burn their tents—that their squaws and children were stolen away in their sleep and throw n into this lake—and finally, one of their warriors, by some magic influence, charmed away the evil spit its, and the fiery lake disappeared. From the Cincinnati Commercial of the 11th. An Elopement Extraordinary. —Our ...

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