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| − | Indigenous people along the northern coast of the Gulf of Mexico have traditions of giant beasts with long noses that could trample people and uproot trees.<ref> John R. Swanton, Indian Tribes of the Lower Mississippi Valley and Adjacent Coast of the Gulf of Mexico (Washington: Government Printing Office, 1911), 355. Cited in Wade E. Miller and Matthew Roper, [http://www.mormoninterpreter.com/animals-in-the-book-of-mormon-challenges-and-perspectives/ "Animals in the Book of Mormon: Challenges and Perspectives,"] Blog of ''Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture'' (April 21, 2014)</ref> | + | Evidence for the survival of the elephant can be found in Native American myths and traditions.....Indigenous people along the northern coast of the Gulf of Mexico have traditions of giant beasts with long noses that could trample people and uproot trees.<ref> John R. Swanton, Indian Tribes of the Lower Mississippi Valley and Adjacent Coast of the Gulf of Mexico (Washington: Government Printing Office, 1911), 355. Cited in Wade E. Miller and Matthew Roper, [http://www.mormoninterpreter.com/animals-in-the-book-of-mormon-challenges-and-perspectives/ "Animals in the Book of Mormon: Challenges and Perspectives,"] Blog of ''Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture'' (April 21, 2014)</ref> |
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Wade E. Miller and Matthew Roper:
Evidence for the survival of the elephant can be found in Native American myths and traditions.....Indigenous people along the northern coast of the Gulf of Mexico have traditions of giant beasts with long noses that could trample people and uproot trees.[1]

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