Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1874-07-08

height, and they could only put all their
strength IN the paddles and dash on as
fast as they could. Two miles farther,
and the canoes were scarcely one hundred
yards behind, the Indians yelling like de-
mons, as they saw the foe almost in their
grasp.
Gale White shook his head as he look
ed over his shoulder, when his canoe was
suddenly seized by mighty force, and
hurled downward, like bullet from rifle.
They had struck another rapid, far more
powerful than the first, and the rocks ab-
solutcly seemed to fly past them.
This is something like it," cried daring
Sam Tully. "How we novel,
II should say that wo did, old boy"
replied Gale. Il was ouly afraid that
we were moving trlhe tso fast"
Don't you believe it. Those fellows
seem to be standing still"
They will get it in moment. Look
at that"
The headmost canoe appeared on the
crest Of the rapid, and came flying down
after them at a frightful speed. The In
dians no longer used their paddles, with
the exception of the man who sat in the
stern, and by touch on the water, now
on this, then Oh the other, regulating the
course Of the canoe.
The second canoe followed in a moment,
q little further in shore.
As they gazed, the bow Of the last ca.
noe was suddenly lifted into the air, as it
struck brown rock in the channel, which
the occupants had tried in vain to avoid.
The fierce current caught the stern, and
in an instant there was nothing left ofthe
light craft save broken fragments, while
the occupants, with loud shrieks ofterror,
were borne on by the resistless tide.
That ends them," saidN Gale White.
"Be careful SAM; T.; for your life"
On, on, borne by the power which they
could not resist, the two canoes were hur-
ried. There was scene Of wild exulta-
tion in the hearts Of the white men, for
they could see that the enemies would
have gladly escaped, If they could, from
the perils which surrounded them. Their
mad desire for scalps and plumber had led
them into trap, and they no longer
thought of the canoe before them. They
knew, as the whites did DOT, the terrible
dangers before them; for they had explor'
ed the banks Of the stream on foot many
times. The river suddeuly narrowed, and
they rushed into canon barely twenty
feet wide, nearly rooted over by the cliffs
upon each side. The current was moi
quite so rapid here, and they guided the
canoe more rapidly.
This gets interesting, Gale" said San
Tully, as they went on through the mar
row pass. I've are going
ITO our death !" replied Gale White
in solemn voice. "Do you hear tht
falls ?"
Through the splash of water and th'
dip of the paddles they heard low deep
tremulous roar, which was the sound O
falling water. For a moment the bronz
face Of Sam Tully blanchod, and then h
drew his finger up proudly
"Better than the scalping knife or th'
stake, old friend. AS the FreuchmaI
says. Vare la mort :"
Long live death Il! 1t was before them
. for, as they shot out Of the narrow pass
they saw the fall before, how high the
could not tell; but the smoke that aros
showed that it was not small one.
keep her head to it," cried Gale. 81
t we don't get through it, goodbye forever
S The swift current caught them, and tn
e canoe, hurled forward with terrible toFc'
G went flying toward the verge. A moucl
n more and it shot out into the mist, an
went down into the unknown depths. Eae
man clung to his paddle as he went dow
It held by an Invisible power, whlrled to al
h fro, as iu malstrom, and then shot
n into the light, below the falls.
! Far below them the canoe 1oated, an
- ss the rapid current swept them down, tt
y two men looked back, in time to see Il
is other canoe come over the fall, sidewis
d without an occupant. 1t was hurled
l. out, and fell lightly on the water, only
d be arrested by the strong hand OF Va
? White.
/. The Indians, appalled, by their DANCE
had upset the canoe in their frantic
t. forts to escape. What became Of the
IS the trappers never knew, for when tn
ID reached the foot of the rapid, below
he falls, and rightod the canoe, they made
pause, but hurried on down the strea
. and before night were safely floating 10
mt waters Of Snake river, familiar spot
nd them.
"a Two days later they reached fort
ID. safety, aud told the story Of their strar