 | 1815 - 558 pages
...falls, they had repeatedly heard a strange thundering noise proceeding from the mountains. It was beard at different periods of the day and night ; sometimes when the air was still and the sky clear, and consisted of one stroke only, or of five or six reports in quick succession... | |
 | Meriwether Lewis, William Clark, Nicholas Biddle - Columbia River - 1814 - 518 pages
...arrival at the falls we have repeatedly heard a strange noise coming from the mountains in a direction a. little to the north of west. It is heard at different...night, sometimes when the air is perfectly still and without a cloud, and consists of one stroke only, or of five or six discharges in quick succession.... | |
 | Meriwether Lewis, William Clark - Columbia River - 1815 - 422 pages
...arrival at the Falls we have repeatedly heard a strange noise coming from the mountains in a direction a little to the north of west. It is heard at different...night, sometimes when the air is perfectly still and without a cloud, and consists of one stroke only, or of five or six discharges in quick succession.... | |
 | Meriwether Lewis, William Clark - Columbia River - 1815 - 460 pages
...noise coming from the mountains in a direction a little to the north of west. It is heard at diiferent periods of the day and night, sometimes when the air is perfectly still and without a cloud, and consists of one stroke only, or of five or six discharges in quick succession.... | |
 | 1815 - 554 pages
...the falls, they had repeatedly heard a strange thundering noise proceeding from the mountains. It was heard at different periods of the day and night ; sometimes when the air was still and the sky clear, and consisted of one stroke only, or of five or six reports in quick succession... | |
 | 1815 - 628 pages
...the falls, they had repeatedly heard a strange thundering noise proceeding from the mountains. It was heard at different periods of the day and night ; sometimes when the air was still and the sky clear, and consisted of one stroke only, or of five or six reports in quick succession... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - Geography - 1832 - 1028 pages
...following language. ' Since our arrival at the falls, we have repeatedly heard a strange noise coming from the mountains, a little to the north of west....unclouded, and consists of one stroke only, or of five or sii discharges in quick succession. It is loud and resembles precisely the * We are indebted to the... | |
 | William Mitford - Greece - 1835 - 410 pages
...Since our arrival at the Falls," say the travellers, " we have repeatedly heard a strange noise coming from the mountains, a little to the north of west. It is heard at different periods of the da/'and night; sometimes when the air is perfectly still, and without a cloud ; and consists of one... | |
 | Grenville Mellen - United States - 1839 - 934 pages
...Since our arrival at the falls,' says the narrative, ' we have repeatedly heard a strange noise coming from the mountains, a little to the north of west. It is heard at different periods of the day and niijht : sometimes when the air is perfectly still and unclouded, and consists of one stroke only,... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - Geography - 1841 - 516 pages
...lantruasc. " Since our arrival О О at the falls, we have repeatedly heard a strange noise coming from the mountains, a little to the north of west....succession. It is loud and resembles precisely the sotfnd of a six pounder at the distance of 3 miles. The Indians had before mentioned tins noise like... | |
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Since our arrival at the Falls we have repeatedly heard a strange noise coming from the mountains in a direction a little to the north of west. It is heard at different periods of the day and night, sometimes when the air is perfectly still and without... 
