The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-08-24

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TIE POWELL EXPEDITION
Letters from Major Powell to
Juns %.
RuNNtNe TIE RAPIDS.
a Chatter OF Accidents and ExcIt,
iOg Adventures.
ship%eeor' FirO and Loss Of
otenstls.
sHenGeY OF The CANOKa.

SCeNGeX Or THE OANOxs.
tontsposae,,ef@ " o,e Chicago Tribune.
,.96 c9S0RR RRADo rSMEoS;9yR1SSSy O. ESxrEDrE!oX. x, n
June l8, l68y.
on The s,p our boats entered tho Can.
on o. 4.Odore-a hane suggested by one
Of the Aen, ana II hns been adopted,
We soS0 csp1e to rapids, over which the
boalS nRd TO Ie taken with lines. We
had aOccsss'oa Of these until noon. /
must e$pIpIn The plan Of running these
places, TDe nRht boat, Emma Dean,
with t%o CoOd oArsnen and myself exI :
ploTe Ihen, Lnea with flag 1 signal
ihe bouts 10 ADVANCE. and guide them
by slgHals around dangerous rocks,
When We come 10 rapids filed with
bonluSSss, sometimes find 1t NECESSARY
to walk aIong the shore for examinG>
lion.,, II 'lls thought possible 10 run,
the llSht poat proceeds. II not, the
others Are taGRed TO come on TO the
head ot the ,eIH,a1RerOus place, and we
At the EoOt OF one OF these runs, early
- the Srterpooa, / found plRce where
IL would be necessary to make port
age, and, sIgneling the boats 10 come
down, walkeu along tho bank 10 ex-
anime tie gtoanQ IOr the portage, aud
left one or lhe men Of my boat 10 Sig
nal the oIbCis 10 land at the right poiGi.
soon saw one OF the boats lard ali
right; AID few no more care about them.
But hTe miputcs after heard shout,
HUd, iouklpS Found, saw one Of the
boats eOmipH Over the falls. Captain
IIowIaEG, Of the No Name, had uot
seen The signal In time, and the swift
current bad cAstipd him TO the brink,
sR% s5at pls sEoIDg over was Inevtta.
bic, ana turDeu to save the third boat,
In Two mIpn'es more ! saw that turn
the Poi6t ahd head 10 shore, and so |
wen, ,nNer tpe boat going over the falls,
The hESt fall was not great, only TWO Or
three Iset apd We bad often run such.
but be!ow il continued to tumble down
twenty Or thlItS Ieet more, in a channel
Elled With danDGrous rocks that broke
the "SVes into whirlpools and beat
them lato tlhln. ] turned lust 10 see
the ooNt g,rEe Il rock and throw the
men anu cOfgo out. still they clune
10 heE klde5 and CIambered in aGaln
4Dd saved part Of the oars, but she was
full ol %Hter, and they could not man.
aye her, gill down the river they
went, Two gr thtee hundred yards 10
anOtheE roCky, sApll just as bad, and
the poat sIrIick again amidships, and
was dashed 10 hleces. The men were
thrown Into the river and carried be.
yond NY sIgnt. very soon | turned
The poIA(, gpu Gould see II mans bead
above The %atSts seemingly waghel
about hy 4 whirlpool below q rock,
This Vas F[Hnk Goodman clInRinG 10
the IoGk wltp3G RIP on which life de-
pendeu, A., came opposite, / saw
uOwIHa0 trylrS to go to his aid from
the isiand, He hnally got neHr enough 10
Frank To reRch him the end OF u pole,
and leNlng 70 The rock, he grasped It,
and wAh' pnlleu Out. Seneca Howland,
the Cnp'1iD'S Dfother, was washed fus.
ther down tbe island on to some rocks,
and maAaEed 10 re. on shore In safety,
excepting gone bad bruises. This
speTfu i lonE time, but Twas quickly
done, Aud nov The three men were on
the isiahu Win IL dangerous river on
each slue, ND ialls below. The Emma
Dann Vas sOon BOT down, and Sumner,
one OI the uen OF my boat, started
with iLtOr tps island. Right akilGully
he played bls Oars, Gnd a few strokes
set him ut ire proper point, and back
he DtoSgLt bls Cargo OF men. We were
as gl9ia % sDske hands with them as il
they nS0 been On voyage round the
WOrla aud NTeeked on u distant coast,
Do%a the river half mile we found
that Lne unet>cabin OF the boat, With
partot tho potion ragged and spin.
tered, had boated Ggainst a rock and
stranaeQ, phere weIe valuable articles
In tue Ca abID, but on examination we
eoucIn9ed tbat lie should not be rIsked
10 save thep. OF courae, the cargo Of
raLions, insttnments and clothing were
gone 80 We Went up 10 the boats and
made,a a camp Tor tho night. No sleep
would Come 70 rae 10 those dark hours
before tbD day.. RatIons, instruments.
&c., Lao been ,ulVided Among the boats
Tor safety aud We Started With ddpii.
Gates OF everythlpg that was q necessity
to success: put 10 Tie distribution thefs
WAS one exception, and the barometcrs
that the ID sro'uS,ers were ia pJSs6 tbe ca6I5
lodged avainst q rock on the ISLANDS,
that waa tne cabin in which thew had
been keht. But then how to Eet 10 Il ?
And thSriger Was rlslng-wonld it be-
there 70, morrowY Could / 90 ont to
Salt Lake apd Get barometers ffom New
Ss sS9t SnS qft%i1sd Ms9e GeSs 10 sSt
AIteT breaklast, the men started to
70 %NkS NOoSH and T%ksd TSsts q dTwa %s
SUI on tho Isieed, only carried tifty or
sixly 1eet tIEIaes on. A closer exam
innuUus Of tpe Stound showed me that
1t ,;a eoa,a easily be reached.
Iaas 1orsS sS,tern9SSIoa Sumner and Hall vol.
unteeFeo TO taKs, the little boat and 20
70 4 tnS Sr,s ,%ssecEs; They started, reached it
and out cape 1he bRrometers, Then the
boys st up q, 2 shout. I Joined them,
pleassu that they too should be so glad
10 eGSe The Instruments. When the
boat lSeded on Our side, l found that
the only tbipga aaved from the wreck
were ne three barou1eters, the pack
age Of thernometers and q two gallon
keg Of wbIsky. This was what the
men wSse shouting about. They had
taken Y on BOARD unknown 10 mo, and
am slal Lbey did, for they think It
does men gooa~>as they are dTenched
every Gay bg the melted snow that rnns
down IBIS riTes tson the summit OF the
RooKy Mountains-and Nhat. Ia o posi-
tive goo6 itself. ID, 'jl' i
Three Or io1r days were spent In max.
Ing, Ints ,portaGe, nearly u mile long,
and lettlag down the rapids that follow.
ed ~ ENlck suceessiOn. On the night
Of thS I2th, We eAmped in beautiful
RroHs ot boz elders on the left bank,
and nese We remained for two days to
1iy onS 0 ,eations, which were In spoil
cd cOTN9iIIop' A rest, too, was needed,
mdust not iosget 10 mention that We
own, hat had been carried above high.
water eaarE, and with il the lid Of a
things, showing that some one e eIse had
been wsecked there and camped mn ali In the
canon Alter the disaster, This, I think
conhrns the story Of an attemnt 10 run
the osnoa, gone years ago, hat has
been MentIoned before.
on tho 1Ith, howland and l climbed
the walls of the csron, on the west
side, 70 Sn altitude or two thousand
feet. o. looking over to tho west We 70
saw q bark hve or six miles wide and
twenty,Gyo or thirty long. The Gilt
formed a we'll between tho canon and