The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1875-12-26

consequent widening OF the water course Itself
makes thc water shallow ~ thN nl',ce. So W. ~
~ Ia easv 60 urOcurc any amount Ot h-h Nv IN ANS
~ suctrs or baskets. The uulntitv necessary
for our surucr was soon captured and a. q H. NY
cnOkcd and disposed d. hi evening thcf"
WIS no performance. Thc men al Nh
thtt all thru strength and energy were
ID toe hrru ut into ullV nest dave un
itev sought their cpuuchrs eirlN ln the eNeh'ns,
ihr two ,ilnrs came tn me and demonstrated
'gain-t NV undert t,in' the tru vi u such oars
U.s. tuey und sreu tue Iudi ms make. IN ,St COM
fe4s tnes were little nettcr than s'raight polc7
4 gre. - ash. wuh the merest excuse for hilde-
at one ed; hut had fan ,unndence IN 81 pan
seemed - he satisfied with hem. Dd ID Fred
oc'l red he would never toe seen pulling .
" green shtick nil no blade to / - ma Joe said
he'd het chew II tobacco that every oar would
hrelk before we went mile. retss lred them
as well "A could, and we all went To sleep.
down STREAM
Before DAYLIGHT next morning we began pack
INK ~ the goods in proper shage flr loading the
hi lar. This craft was tween Y five feet long and
ton Of goods and our whole party, did not dta"
mOtc than two inches ut water. We mad elght
oar. four ON each side, aud Siephnki had 4"
stout. broad paddle to steer with. From THIS
house to the he d Of the rapids, six miles OH,
all was plain sain'. but tuere tue boat was
headed for the shore and Arrangement, m tde
Tor the dangerous part Of the journey. Two blick.
Jagged rocks we're standing IN the middle 81
he channel our only road lay between them but
they were In such n positiDn that the hiuar had
to pass through siding pOsitiOn-a thing iu-
possible to do by going straight down with the
niass Oi rushing water, aud cruel, sharp rocks
sticking out everywhere. Stepanka said the
RIVER was wilder than usual, and he would pick
his crew for the passage to the mouth Of the
SDiltaloN; the others could 20 there bv the
trail. and we would W It for them. lie picked
ont five ~ tie Indians, and. after some hesita
ton, myself cOndcmnng the two sailors to
shore ditv, to theii intense mOriinc ton.
When we had taken our vi ,ces and arranged
nr clothing ~n-as u toe ready " swim we
moved the bout to position selected by the
Chef. the bow M stream. At word the man
"A
with the g irrent. aud 80 ccurate ma u en- Ste
p nka'- calculations that we Just passed through
the rocks obliguely, without even grazing the
sides ul tic rocks. The young steers - At took
the command & naturally "a an old general.
"Grenec! erepee" tpul. pull hc shoute a.
soon As We had passed the rocks und ttll we
did, while he with all ms might W s leaning on
hts pnddle. his eagle eve taking In every nick
In the way rhe fragile craft pitched AID
tossed In The turbulent wtter. For hye or ten
miuutCs We could not have heard any W ri Of
a. lu,,n,fd i,uf we nut AN our atr-ns.h 70 the
var, while we watched S'euauka's expression
Is the boat shot along, sccmiugiy JUMP n
over lllck rocks In milky sea. Several
times We could feel slight grating unicr Our
iret. bat nap q y ne thlcN set non SKIN gave
way wituruf hr aklng. Objects on shore ap
piren ~ htW ny w. ana every ii'le Muii-, 'l
si-n nom 81 spdnk 70, we doubled our eXerton,
until liter a run of fifteen miles We encfged
from tue dea'ening noise Of Tough WI liu
Canon into tie calm water Of the SptltttuN
Here We discharged cir.p AM looked to the
the rocks A few matches were put on for
Sttctys ,ake wnile We waitsd Tor the pcde,-
tr us coming by the trail. Ca their arrival we
reshiupcj the goods ami launched r hidar
anew i1r q run down stream Of sky mHes.
SAFE Ar LAST.
ID ngcrous rocks and snass were uentv until
reached tiIowatcr, but ~ spinAt stead .
arm Il icd safely by them all. IN spite ut the
extremely rapid current, when, AIDED Dy our
dcSui.ed uar-. brought u down to tnhetuck bv
SHUTDOWN, hNln: made the distance Of over
eighty miles In less tnAn ten hputs, including
the ueiay It ire mouth OF the SoiltatOw.
When we got into tidcwhter our eiated crew
broke forth iitp a canoe Hunx in their native
tongue, ktcping tune WITH the oars to TIA, meas
uie 81 the music Tue squaws OF the village sat
ON the high bank OF the tINcr aWui tng as, aud
~ We approached theY took ~ our song ANA
continued h IN shrii chorus until We struck the
SHORE. Everybody seemed deiisuted with the
trip. with the exception OF the two sai'urs. WIN
never forgive Stcnank for putting them out OF
tue DO t at the time Ot DANGER. AMI believe
they would have seen US capsiLe with Inward
a4tlsIactluu.