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Indians Orang-outang, that is satyrs, or woodmen ....

Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo 2003

James Barbot ( "A Voyage to Congo River," Churchill, vol.v. p. 512,) tells us in 1700 that the "kingdom of Angola, or Dongo, produces many such extraordinary apes in the woods; they are called by the blacks Quojas morrow, and by the Indians Orang - outang, that is satyrs, or woodmen ....

Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 1 Richard Francis Burton 1855

Poe's The Murders in the Rue Morgue featured an orangutan --- or ourang-outang as Poe called it.

Collaboration in the Stygian Swamp | The Stiletto Gang The Stiletto Gang 2008

When Americans gravitate to media outlets tailored to their point of view, do they greet snarky comments as subscribers to Democratic Party newspapers in the nineteenth century did when they read that Abraham Lincoln was an "ourang outang" -- as rabid reinforcement of what they already think or believe?

Kevin Morris and Glenn Altschuler: Juvenal Delinquencies 2009

If so, I think one may be better off with an orang-outang, a Tenasserim gibbon or the like.

You think because a chimpanzee knows you, he doesn't hate you? Ann Althouse 2009

Some bills now got into the box, and were read by Sir Theophilus, announcing a superb exhibition of wild beasts for the next day, consisting chiefly of monkies who could perform various feats, and a famous ourang outang, just landed from Africa.

Camilla 2008

The ourang outang was now announced, and Mrs. Arlbery immediately left the booth, accompanied by her party, and speedily followed by Edgar.

Camilla 2008

But in long – departed ages there the orang – outang was ruler.

Peer Gynt 2008

But in long – departed ages there the orang – outang was ruler.

Peer Gynt 2008

The screams of women suddenly and strangely raised, was the first thing that arrested the departure of the multitude, when those who glanced their eyes back, saw Sylvan, the great ourang-outang, produce himself in the lists, to their surprise and astonishment.

Count Robert of Paris 2008