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were destroyed in a moment. The cry of uni- 

 versal distress extended even to the region of 

 peace in the west ; and the good Spirit inter- 

 posed to save the unhappy. The forked hght- 

 ning gleamed around, and loudest thunder 

 rocked the globe ! The bolts of heaven were 

 hurled upon the cruel destroyers alone, and the 

 mountains echoed with the bellowings of death. 

 All were killed except one male, the fiercest of 

 ihc race, and him even the artillery of the skies 

 assailed in vain. He ascended the bluest sum- 

 mit which shades the source of the Monangahela, 

 and, roaring aloud, bid defiance to every ven- 

 geance. The red lightning scorched the lofty 

 firs, and rived the knottv oaks, but only glanced 

 upon the enraged monster. At length, mad- 

 dened with fury, he leaped over the waves of 

 the west at a bound, and this noment reigns the 

 uncontrouled monarch of the wilderness, in de- 

 spite of even Omnipotence itself." 



The idea of a carnivorous animal, which the 

 Indians appear to have had of it, corresponds 

 with the teeth of this ; and the name Bull, 

 which they give to it, might have been de- 

 rived from the hornlike appearance of the tusks ; 

 but it is perhaps still more probable, that in the 



