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given in another form in Jefferson's notes on 

 Virginia. It states *' that in ancient times a 

 herd of these animals came to the big-hone 

 lick, and began an universal destruction of the 

 bears, buffaloes, deer, and all the animals 

 created for the use of the Indians : this so 

 displeased the great Spirit, that he descended 

 upon a neighbouring mountain, where there 

 is still to be seen the print of his seat, and of 

 one foot, and hurling his bolts among them, 

 killed them all but the great bull, who, pre- 

 sejiting his forehead to the shafts, shook them 

 off as they fell : at length, missing one, it 

 v/ounded him in the side, and he leaped over 

 the Wabash, the lllcnoi?, and the great 

 lakes, where he still lives." 



A few years since some large bones, of an 

 uncommon kind, were found in a cave in Vir- 

 ginia, highly preserved by lying in earth 

 abounding with nitre. They were sent to the 

 Philosophical Society, and an account of them 

 published in the fourth volume of their 

 Tranfactions : by permission of the Society, 

 I have made accurate casts of them. 



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