The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1867-10-05

expert BtcofsmAn ana UOWsinan, usu-
ally Iroquois. As the quiyering bark
is whirled through these subterrancan
caverns upon the heaying bosom Of
these waters, ut one moment it seems
rushing against the perpendicular
walls square ahead but, just as the
bow IL within 6 inches Of the rocks,
the recoiling waters hurl it back To-.
wards the opening TO the left and
again, as it is about to dash its bows
against these walls, it is seized again
by the recoiling waters and hurled to-
wards the opposite walls, or seized,
perhaps, by whirlpool, formed sud
denly under the stern, and held quiy-
ering, stem down, for half minute,
in spite of the desperate efforts of the
oarsmen and the bowsman, and the
yells of the stecrsman, who can do
nothing. In some instances the bow
of the boat is carried clear round, aud,
sad to tell, in some instanees-on an
average in those days Of about once
n year-this quivering boat would be
thus held by this yawning vortex in
spite of the death-struggles of the
men, till the tmonstcr heneathn would
seem TO make another grasp, the boat
would yield, and, rising on it's end, go
down with all on board. For few
minutes nothing would be seen, when
a closing whirlpool would throw mp
m oar, a fragment of the boat, or Il
dead body, but only 10 be seized by
another and carried down 10 the un-
fathomable depths below, till all are
ground to powder i'll the cauldrons at
the bottom
In passing through these Dalieg, in
ls43, Jesse Applegate, Of Umpqua,
lost one of his boats with two Of his
dear children and one man.
Our ladies remained in the boats
through the Upper Dalles, but made
the portage Of the Lower Dalles, and
on their way they stopped moment
TO persuade a naked mother to unIash
the head bandages of her agonized in
fants when they were attacked by
countless swarms Of flies which seem
cd to be as frantic to get meal Of
white blood rs in the days of Lewis
and Clark. They literally blackened
their clothes before they were aware,
and rendered their nights sleepless the
rest of the journey.
Fifty miles below the DalIes we
came to.the Cascades or "Great Shoot
of the Columbia, so yards wide and
100 yards long, full of Islands and
rocks, where the Columbia leaps its
last chain mountains, and is the or
Is river that has forced It's ceaseIcss
floods ihrough the Cascade range for
a distance Of nearly 1000 miles.
Ut the Cascades VIC made portage
Of the goods, but the boat was slid
over the point of rocks on poles, there
not being Indians enough to carry it.
These rapids have been run by expcr-
fenced watcrmen, but at great risk.
As We neared the port Of Vancou-
yer two English vessels appeared,
beautifully rugged, their yard-arms
manned, and the English flag and the
colors of the Company flying from the
masthead and from the Fort in honor
Of the arrival Of the first American
ladies across the continent. DR. John
McI.augblan, distinguished member
of the Catholic Church, and Governor
of the II. b. Co.'S dominionsl west oi
the Rocky Mountains, received us at
the landing with great kindness, con
ductcd Us AT once to his dwelling in
the Fort, and furnished us with rooms,
where by his devoted attentions and
unboundcd hospitality We were made
to feel quite at home. We ut once
presented the letters from our Govern.
ment, which were most satisfactory to
the Governor and the officers of the
Company, and answered two impor
tant purposes-as letters of credit, and
to secure our unmolested residence in
the country.