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Sasquatch [< Salish se'sxac] 
n. See 1958 quote.
- 1929 "The strange people of whom there are but few now--rarely seen and seldom met--" said the old hunter, "are known by the name of Sasquatch, or 'the hairy mountain men'."
- 1958 Known originally to the Indians--most of whom believe in this mysterious race--as Saskehavas (wild men), they are called by the whites Sasquatch (hairy men). They are described by Indians who claim to have seen them as hairy monsters between 7 and 9 feet tall, of subhuman appearance, with wide flat noses and abnormally long arms.
- 1966 Most villagers relate every Sasquatch sighting to the amount of alcohol they insist must have been consumed immediately prior to the monster's appearance.
- 1929 "The strange people of whom there are but few now--rarely seen and seldom met--" said the old hunter, "are known by the name of Sasquatch, or 'the hairy mountain men'."