But the young Philadelphians, unaccustomed to the fury of the elements in the wilderness, looked upon it with awe.
In the west the lightning blazed and the thunder crashed for a long time.

Often the forest seemed to swim in a red glare, and Robert himself was forced to shut his eyes before the rapid flashes of dazzling brightness.

Then came a great rushing of wind with a mighty rain on its edge, and, when the wind died, the rain fell straight down in torrents more than an hour.
Although they kept their ammunition and other supplies dry the men themselves were drenched to the bone, but the storm passed more suddenly than it had come.

The clouds parted on the horizon, then all fled away.

The last raindrop fell and a shining sun came out in a hot blue sky.