82 G. Sutton—Local Thunder Storm in Indiana. 
their mistake, however, but retained among themselves the 
appellation for the white men, who are known as Wogies b 
all the coast tribes in the vicinity. 
In concluding this imperfect sketch of the Oregon mounds, I 
would express the hope that they be made the subject in the 
future of an exhaustive exploration by scientific men familiar 
with Indian habits, confident that they will repay such a 
search, and that the discoveries made will throw much light on 
the history of the race, now so nearly extinct. 
Art. VIL—A local Thunder Storm presenting evidence of strong 
wind blowing outwardly in all directions from its center ; by 
Grorce Surron, M.D., Aurora, Indiana. 
(Read before the Cincinnati Society of Natural History.) 
THERE is a phenomenon connected with our local thunder 
storms occasionally occurring in summer, and doing immense 
subsiding as the cloud disappears; the cloud itself remaining 
it present the evidence of a cyclone or tornado, but occurs on a 
down imm rain, 
hail, accompanied with this seed 
every point of the compass from t 
accustomed daily for many years to record meteorological ob- 
servations, I have noticed, at different times since 1840, evl- 
dences of this outward wind occasionally accompanying our 
local thunder storms, although I never have given the subject 
careful investigation until recently. © 
On the 26th of August last I had an opportunity of witness- 
ing the formation and progress of a storm of more than usual 
violence, which, after careful examination, has presented the 
most conclusive evidence of this outward blow of wind. This 
storm was on the south side of Langhery Creek, within two 
minutes and a half of Aurora, Indiana. "The morning of the 
26th was clear and beautiful. At7 A. M. not acloud was to be 
. The atmosphere was perfectly calm, though the vane was 
pointing toward the N.E. I marked the thermometer that 
still sultry day in summer, when masses of cumuli, after grad- 
