Editors note> I enjoy reading these old articles. As people in the past had no reference point to describe seeing a Sasquatch they always referred to them as the “Wild Man” or “Wild Woman”.
In the early days of Texas, settlers living near the banks of the Navidad, southeast of Hallettsville, were subjected to visits by beings of unknown origin – several hairy and stealth-like individuals roamed through the brushy bottoms of the river – witnesses indicating that there was a male and female. Many folks back then were convinced that the male half of the duo had died and only the female remained. She became known as the “Wild Woman of the Navidad.”
In his book Tales of Old-Time Texas, well-known author J.Frank Dobie hints that there might have even been three of the creatures running together. But many of the old timers agreed that there had been only two from the beginning. There were many who speculated on the origin of the “never-seen” beings. Some thought they were run-away slaves. But as Dobie writes, “To settlers living against the deep woods and dense brush along the Navidad River no explanation was conclusive.” From about 1836 through 1845, folks were still unsure if the surviving creature was male or female. One settler, Samuel Rogers, saw three sets of tracks in the spring of 1845. Indicating that instead of one person, as previously thought, there might have been three individuals of suspicious origin.
So now there was a group of “wild people.” Rogers had a hired man by the name of Hall who also had misadventures with the creatures. Hall claimed that they had taken one of his trace chains. Shortly after this incident, only one set of tracks were seen in the area and again folks began to speculate that two of the wild people had died. From the size of the remaining tracks, they decided that the living subject was a male.
You can always get tidbits of information from older accounts, “The wild woman struck fear into the hearts of the slaves back then. The referred to her as “it” or “that thing that comes.” It has been written that she could walk right past guard dogs, during the night, and they wouldn’t bark or disturb her in any way.” This sounds like a lot of accounts today when people say their dog or dogs coward in fear.
Source:http://www.texasescapes.com/MurrayMontgomeryLoneStarDiary/Wild-Woman-of-the-Navidad.htm