The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-11-01

seized by mighty force aud hurled down
| wand, like bullet from rife. They had
| struck another rapid moIe powerful than
! the first, the rocks absolutely seemed to fly
! past them.
This is something like it," cried the
/ daring Buckskin Sam. ''Ilow we do muve.'
Il should say we d d, paId, - replied Rip.
Il am Unly afraid we are moving too fast"
I ''Don't You beievesit; these fellows
! seem 10 be standing STILL, - said Sam.
They VIII get ia the current la a mo-
ment," gasped RIP. Look at that
The hcddmost canoe of the Indians ap-
| peared upon the crest of the rapids, aud
came flying down after the trappers at IL
furious speed. The Indians no longer used
their paddles with exception of the man
who SAT at The stem, aud by touch on The
water, now at one side, now on the other,
| regulated the course of the canJe. The
second canoe followed in "a moment, a little
| further IN shore. As they gaz-d the bow
of the las cduOe was suddenly lifted into
] the air it struck u brown rock in the
channel, which the occupants tired in vain
10 avoid. The fierce current caught the
stern. aud in AN instant there WAS nothing
! left of the craft save broken fragments,
while the occupants, with loud shIieks OF
| terrU;, were borne swiftly on 10y the resist
! less tide. That ends Them" said Rip
Ford. BE careful, Sam, for your life ~
On, on, borne by the power which they
could not resist, the two canoes were nur-
lied. There was scene Of wild exuItaliun
in the bears of the white men, for they
could see that their enemy would have
/ gladly escaped il they could from the peris
! that surrounded them. Their mad desire
/ for scalrS aud pluudcI haG led them into
/ trap, aud they no longer thnught of the
! canoe ia advance. They knew, as the
whites did not, the terrible danger before
I q q HI
! the stream on foot many times. The river
| suddenly narrowed, and the trappers rush
ed into canyon barely twenty feet wide
/ aud nearly roufed over 10y the cliffs uH each
| side. lie current was not quite so rapid
/ heie, aud they guided The canoe easily.
THIS gets interesting, Rip" said Sam,
as they went on through the narrow pass.
I'VE are going 40 our DEATH" in>
! terrupted RIP Ford, in a solemn voice.
| DO you hear the falls?'
Through the splash of water and the dip
! of the paddles they heard low, dead,
/ tremui"uS roar, which was the sound of
! falling water. For IA moment :he brouzrd
/ face of Sam blauched, ana then lie drew
/ his figure up proudly, saying Better
( than the scdlping kriIe or sake, old friend.
A. the FIeuchman says 'NIye la mort =
I Long live dpathn -
| 1t was, indeed. before them. for as they
/ shot ont Of the harrow pass ;hey saw the
/ fals-h0w high they cOnld nnJ tel, but the
| smoke which arese showed that il was not
a small one. Keep her head to IT. cTIcd
Rip. "lf we don't ge. through It's good
/ bye forever, Sam.
The swift current caugh: them, and the
canoe, hurled forward with tcnibla force,
went flying towards the verge.
y moment more and it shot ont into the
mist aud went down into the unknuwn
depths. Each mau Glung to his paddle as
lIe went down. held by an invisible power,
whirled 10 aud fro, as in malestrum, and
then shot mp into the light below the falls.
{ Far below them the canoe floated, and eS
the current swept them down the two men
looked back in time to see the Indians
canoe come over the falls sideways without
an occupant. 1t was hurled far out and
fell lightly upon the water only to be ar
rested by tie strong arIn of Bucksliu Sam.
The Indians. appalled, by their danger,
had upset the canoe ia their frantic effoitS
toescape. What became uf them the trap
pers never knew, for when they reached the
foot of the rapid, far below the falls, aud
Iighted he canoe, they made no pause, but
buried down :he stream, aud before night
were safely floating in the waters of the Ca
madam river. Two days after they reached
Fort Sill in safety.