American Mythos

In this episode, we learn about a feared tribe of cannibalistic red haired giants who terrorized the Paiute peoples. We look at the historicity of the existence of the mythical tribe while also looking at the prevalence of giants in Paiute myth.

Sources:

https://www.firstpeople.us/FP-Html-Legends/Coyote-Paiute.html

https://nevadagram.com/the-red-haired-giant-cannibals-of-the-lovelock-cave/

https://monster.fandom.com/wiki/Si-Te-Cah

http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/winnemucca/piutes/piutes.html#II

https://web.archive.org/web/20160215061644/http://plpt.nsn.us/story.html

https://escholarship.org/content/qt33n59338/qt33n59338.pdf?t=krnpyf

https://www.legendsofamerica.com/na-washoe/

https://www.firstpeople.us/FP-Html-Legends/TheWomanandtheGiants-Paiute.html

In 1863, Confederate president, Jefferson Davis, sent a letter to Pope Pius IX. In response, the pope addressed Davis as the “Illustrious and Honorable Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate States of America, Richmond,” which sparked the myth that the pope was the sole European Sovereign to recognize the CSA.

In 1861 King Rama IV, also known as King Mongkut, the fourth Siamese monarch of the house of Chakri, expressed in a letter to president James Buchanan of the United States, upon having heard from an American captain visiting Siam that there were no elephants in America, his desire to gift one to the United States. By offering to send an Elephant to the Americans, our relations will surely improve! - Victoria 2

The story of one king's odd offer to the president of the United States