Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1868-04-25

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nee clear TiEeF-siK milss from ferry .
''slouEh opshsd With hsayy current
nss hundred yards farther ahelher slough,
siili enFisni-a quarter % = mile another
foAmins slough with ihTre feet rapids at
It's mouth all On The lefi baud, found them
selves Ia siill water, brisk paddle Of =
nile brought them 10 bead, swinging
snvuni which, the terror Of Dallas stood
revealed, Ths water VAS, In steamboat
phpssolegy, ''dead,' To gain the rafi,
mount aud examine Il from end 10 end Was
the work % two hours. Prom head 10 foot
by llae measurement was liI2 yards, per-
freely anl utterly impafsible, Logs were
piled upon logs four aud ave feet cotton
Sool logs were inierlaeei beyond hope Of
exifieailon aud below all hank Of solid
earth over which no wa.sr passed at this
stage Of the river, but below Al the very
foot Of the ran from tho lefi, come Ia u
river, iumbling, foaming aud furious.
Our explorers Tsgainei the head Of the
- - lasaNs. ~ aflaa.l IL Ist1lkf Nta
for lumber. Capt. Nee. ordered pull up
TO the "sloushs' TO examine each one In dc.
tail Californian aud lie Gras after ex-
aiming numerous sea shells and getting
muddy TO the hips got terribly angry, and
their bellieose feeling by setting
fire TO the raft-hve minutes aud the dry
deposit above was roaring worse than But.
Ter Ia the Impeachment trial, but 10 far
better purpose.
Up stream, click, click, click, click, and
three paddles swung in three experienced
hands soon drove them up TO the lowest
pass-to land and satisfy themselves Of
It's impraclicability was few moments
;-nrk, "Facilis descensus averni," but
.hrec FOO. lump could not suit the boat
hey were using, so reluctantly entering |
he 'hOs trough they pu...d up to the
icst pass.
The second pass was entered with cG.-
ont Of twenty miles an hour, down hill
Tide. Catfish explained il by saying
hey was coming of a "frec story house
II thought so-ran through pass whose
'anks were thirty feet perpendicular
width fifteen feet-foaming, roaring Capt.
DEC. aud the Californian in the stern with
,nIb los sal rap nj nathan |
apids--"the devif--"heavcn"- -"lIoly
Somebody long breath
rom the Indian and into the rapids VIC
careened-half full Of wa
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES hcr--all
ands got out drippsng on rock with the
'atcr boiling on both sides like pot.
hey had mistaken the pass and had run
Trough slough Of almost certain death.
One hundred yards and still water The
wo "shoo,s" they had passed were merely
utlets Of tho main river. Tied up and
foot for two miles explored the new river;
ow named "McGarvey's Pass" 10 its juno
ION with the lake which they passed about
A! NJ, found it perfectly clear and party
mbarked. To describe the run of twelve
tiles to the foot of the raft is not our pur-
ose at present, suffice it - say that by !
!. NJ. the "hog trough" gained the lower
iver below the raft.
Up to this time no difficulty, Ito sea-
Ian) had been experienced. The river
as all condensed in one channel running
it'll an average speed of four miles an
our which with the impetus of the pad
les, swung by experienced hands increas-
their speed to seven miles an hour.
"The craft was passed" the word pass-
from mouth to mouth, when suddenly !
,uuding bend they fronted raft by :,
easuremcnt one hundred and ten feet i
examination showed it to be {
,nfned by two logs-the rest simply float 4
lg. j
Went to work, unloaded, cut a road $50 =
et long through the brush, cut two poles, !,
cked up the "hog trough" packed her
her-loaded her, and c
arted with yell which woke the echoes c
Trinidad bottom for the first time--very
lppy everybody, all happy, in. fact too
end they saw another raft, big one found !,
beautifully.-Mr LIE Gros said
id lighted her--did So stepped on log
log would not stand Southern pressure v
men packeu ny lou pounus, anu LIZ Vros
their horror disappeared beneath the
aiming waters. George Washingington
rev an axe overheard for him to hold on
lie Gros grabbeaa log-bully on grab
ng.-come out blowing like porpoise !,
I'd cursed the Ancient Gods because his =.
atches were wet, tobacco and pipe ditto. Al
Travelled on until night-how they jump
sunken logs-how they pulled across q
n feet raits-how they whirled down u
hutcs" running like the devil-how they !.
ring off snags and sawyers, and how they Ii
n at night until pitch dark at P. NJ, >.
w they finally camped and made fire y
at frightened owls, buzzards and others v
that ilk, how they Toasted sumptuously '.
various articles furnished by the good u
ople Of Dallas, how lie Gras had an ad- "
ntuie with she-mouse, and how "The u y,
tumbled into the "drink" in
arch of water about midnight, are mat u
rs which properly bolong TO some one /"
'e to report, your historian merely re- e. q
rts matters purely scientific. This :,
ings us to the 7
THIRD DAY. :,