...we meet with the River Niagara . . . The Waters which fall from this vast height, do foam and boyl after the most hideous manner imaginable, making an...outrageous Noise, more terrible than that of Thunder; . . . dismal roaring may be heard above Fifteen Leagues off.1" In none of these descriptions are the...

...a surprising and Astonishing manner, insomuch that the Universe does not afford its Parallel. . . . The Waters which fall from this horrible Precipice,...terrible than that of Thunder; for when the wind blows from the South, their dismal roaring may be heard above fifteen leagues off. . . ." Niagara makes a...

...two Falls, with an Isle sloping along the middle of it. The Waters which fall from this vast height, do foam and boil after the most hideous manner imaginable,...terrible than that of Thunder; for when the Wind blows from off the South, their dismal roaring may be heard above fifteen Leagues off. The River Niagara...

...late-seventeenth-century description of "the prodigious cadence of water," the "horrible precipice," the "foam and boil after the most hideous manner imaginable, making an outrageous noise, more terrible than thunder." Hennepin's depiction of the fear, gloom, and majestic scale of Niagara has the characteristics...

...down after a surprising and astonishing manner, insomuch that the Universe does not afford a parallel. The waters which fall from this horrible precipice...outrageous noise, more terrible than that of thunder. When the wind blows out of the south their dismal roaring may be heard 45 miles off." In 1679 La Salle...

...Harvard Library.) an Isle sloping along the middle of it. The Waters which fall from this vast height, do foam and boil after the most hideous manner imaginable,...terrible than that of Thunder ; for when the Wind blows from off the South, their dismal roaring may be heard above Fifteen Leagues off. The River Niagara...