Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1864-09-01
"A Portions Trlp-Rumnimg the
Aen Ipitls Of the ST. La " renee In
n skill.

The Prescott (Canada) Telegraph has the
following account of hazardous exploit
| During the latter part Of July, two men
| named Violet Jones, Of the Fusileer Guard i,
and Robert WEIGH, of Mr. Bankers exchange
| Office Prescott, left here on a trip to Mon
treal intending to run the rapids Of the st.
Lawrence. They started in lap-streak
skiii' twenty one feet long, three feet six in
| ches beam, an carried with them two pairs
of oars, n SAIL and tent, with the necessa-
ry cook ng apparatus, &C., for camp life.
They succeeded in rui ming the Gallops
Rapids du Plat a ID the north channel of
the Long Sault as far as the point the same
evening. Being afraid to venture the re
| mainder OF the channel, the carried their
boat and traps across the island to the head
OF the south enamel, but the darkness was
80 intense that they CO. sidercd "dscretion
the better part OF valor," and they camped
on the island all night. The following NOR
Iii z they packed up their duds'' and made
another and this time successful attempt,
accompanied by the cheers of about twenty
people who had congregated upon the shore.
The peril OF undertaking will be better I'M
derstood when we state that the swells wash
ed over the boat, half filling it with water,
one of which struck the man at the oars,
Nelch) in the ia e, almost depriyng him
oil his breath. They ran to Hogansburg,
where the laid over day.
Mex morning the Coteau RAPIDS were
passed in a beautiful style, and they soon
reach d the Cedars, the most splendid rap
il Of the whole run The Slit Rock nearly
finished our adyenturers Being acopaint
pd with tho charn.l ~
shore, and when only about one hundred
yards OIL. IN very swift current, they saw
ahead Of them fall of about seven feet. By
hafd pulling and good steering, they sue
ceedcd IN making the "Old Lock- on the
north side, when an oar broke, {. rtunalelv
Just as they were within reach of the Lock.
They here struck All edd, and went back
to the he ad, when passing raft pointed out
the channel, and amid some good swells they
descended the rapids in safety.
Then came tn Cascades. Here they
were advised by gentleman whom they
met not to attempt to run them, as the cas- |
cades had never been run by ANYTHING
smaller han batteau, and he was sure
they would be drowned. Notwithstanding
this they determined to proceed and were
anxlously watched in their perlous Journey
Dy ne gentleman above spoken Of The |
nrst pitch was passed safely at the second,
however, the boat went down and struck
whether the bottom or The rock. they could |
not, Of course, say. She, however, raised.
tnry supposed by the force of the current
although filled with water, and was carried
about thirty yards to friendly rock. The
moment they struck sti water the boat
sunk. The rock above spoken Of, how ever.
vas vas near. and, though small, here they
AGAR. Mounted on this lonely rock. thew
took vicw of the situation" being anx-
iously DESTROYS to ''change their base, but
no assistance could reach them, and. nolens
rotens, they had to take to their boat again
A point ahead was selected, and they deter
mined II the boat should swamp in the rapids
ahead, they would stick to her as long A
she was kept up by the current and their
lastlly piled oars, and then abandoning her,
swim for the point amE -