The Red Cloud chief., 1885-04-10
Running Rat River Falls.

We'll. when old Sswloys frs. located
N Oshkosh, he took = ob get ~ ont
some logs up on tho h"aiwat - -: Hat
liver, sal rating them down 10 Nuii
River. II. got zone b., : 4 ouna f-h-
10, "a. who were lam lar With Rat liver.
% goaui help ID m. an tccv tTIInp"i
tom , .hko-h up thr"ugI tie wood, TO
the mb-r. Fat River = n d. e stream
sbou, thirty fcc, wide. that rms
through Tho woo is and marshes. AMI
hx- hardy eurrcn, cLou n u i'Oat a
feather down stream exc IL n the
.p.ing. when IN. sno. m-l's aat then
/. runs about thr-" mi e a hour. Ia
Il i. .. quiet and mod 81 i -'!cnrn a,
ever WAS. without = RI ic on IT. WI 10
ihc lDy. ~cro getting ont the timer
AID rafting I, they keut talking nb,I;
the q j.. AID wondering any o: u"
party pouI 10 drnsn Il running tie
raft Over. until >swinc- n"ra'n" nt"r-
- 'e :. an ! the l-5y- toll LIN Il, liistr
Falls wen. the most dang rtu- q J. On
nny Of tic lny,i' z s'~,u.p ~ ia. tt,
Except th. l".i- uf III NNrpn-u. and
il s,upi 4 man - h-n' - maze h
I-.c- x'h h- .-kr l~fnrc IA aft
struck lie. III ~. =, mn. 0at.-. ~
the ra" "a, IL, 70 30 twenty irrt
un or wat.r. au,: 'krn Ia" = OF IL
into The ;icr tone. a.viH,. is- r.n
much u,.r. tel. A. ii, - .svay- for
SOCK n -. IirlH ihl i''r Nr"ff 1T
s'nrtcd 30 bows wDIii not play "1r!-,
a-wt lh.r rs al OK n'n, lat ~'nin.i
-.ruu-, and Two % hem hunted "s'a-
mems GU -: ihrIr - - pE'il. and
read asa IS rom th"m, until ~ha-
lp.,- got %. you. .rd " nt oGiIu.D
Tho " cd = 4 'n,ught Osrr h- pas:
lie. and wl.Acd The Gsn."r 49, pat.
II h. tl,cn I'D any s.,btu~- to a
I nitct >,arrr sc~nGtcr-hI"i ~" ( tur-.
that II %rI,i"s. n,ght ~ , o1y. thin. NJ
IL the q - %. the m"rr.~ - running
III. IA r. kn"r g.. ~" srn.tirn on "t
hun. lie arose n to To.ufur pale
and ~rrrvpuS. ard whoa tn re-; W.
termed l~.- 4 i tn. tn ~ made,
b.. a-irt - thou Ia hr Ep1'H CIV e.
10 cI rr,ci 10 l.. worth : -" I'D not
taken the oh. Re could have returned
10 o-haosh by land. and - a." boys
run the rat. but h. wsg,i un' t.U.h
from anv dan"rr. Th"u-a I'~ = log
girg ami r.ftng h" "a Hing -
f,aTn, aud hr w,r'c,i =" stand ~ an
30 all tia anv hruorah." man could
DO. bit lie told The ,nf- that ha
wou'd q thankful ir nv su'"--
tons 'hry would maE = 2" act, 10
Running the ia!s lie a.! l!c was
p.rnap- as Il ar 80 j. Ia ~ an "!S.
AMI while he vAs .iwlvs prepared az
nny;hinr that night happen, ami
hoped ho had LEI -rc.i 4 .f, = 70
b. ready at sny lrH Ia mo: tbs
Great Judy. and h va, m", "A
coward. he i"lt tia II va, -" II'. 81
auy MAJ 20 take al tho precautions
that were possible u sa." lie. Tho
boys had All they ool Il do 10 Keep
from Laughing. bat tncy Keep straight
facc,. and told HIM that The only thing
Ia do WAS Ia lash lhrm-cl,cS Ia ia. rai1
before entering the ia!'-, and trust IN
Providence. II the raft WAS DESTROYED
and they were lost. tl"ir iTi"niS could
find 4 botv ea.cr j; it was lasiIcl - a
saw log tl,n they could toy dragging
for II in ;,f,y i"rt az rushing wat r.
They said they w"ul! TIL HIM long
enough before reaching the .al's - hn
could get h m~eli iiNri |. aud tr thanked
them. and looked Up ~ the "a" SKY re
though j: mi ,ht lie ais last look At il.
About four o'cio"k that afternoon, ~
the n I wa nearInE tho mouth. wherc
III l,;i River emit * into Ia" v pll.
the BOYS prt 4 1T = i'nvr "n lh.ir
faces. la ~ AXE thcnI look po'n. anI h"-
gan Ia prepare Ia rua thr ia'i, ach
had some TO uc>t l. mae a. the 9th
err. in case rs shoIld L. lost.
such - giving some trnh {, u
plpc. or something. u some friend.
ani messages were given II To- d.
liver.i Ia friends IN o>ako>h. Ii waSa
irving time. aud when the raj; pho,
said they were ouiy a hail a III l. from
the falls. and that il MA, time Ia ia-h
themselves to the raft, >av,nrS fcif u;
though IL was thu last &c: OF las lie.
I lic boy, helped him - lash HIM eli
Ia = To-. told Il N - stay there. what
ever happened. anl then they retired
to the rear az The rst Ia lash them
selves, they .sil. hut rally L. have a
good laugh. All WAS still for ha'f Al
hour, and n, rafI moved alnu. ! H. a
snail. hut every nat the man who
WAS llshcd tO "A 'or. fell that The neat
moment the falls would Ia reached.
Rut the ais were utyu- Tririri. be-
cause TIER wr-' uopH. al an hour
more pass =. Whom the m1n i"cin -
look around iron h'> position. i'a' On
the log. l!r wlS l,oS'n. iur tnc ta,js.
Then he looked at tn BOYS. vino We're
jumping NJ and laughing. and then
Il dtwncd upon him that hr had been
sold. One of the BOYS csmc
along - un'ash lam, AMI he
asked what al this III ant. and h. was
told that thu fails hal been PASSED n
safety. and Mt 4 man had been lost
lie Was united, and prnj ah.Y 4 mailrr
man never lived. lie icEaa 10 talk
SASSY. hut the bows told h!m he INST
have fallen asleep AMI passed The falls
IN that condition. bat 'c knew bette.
Well. he boys made j, all right With
the old man. who WIS "A DO, then. aud
he did not Kill any IL then. bat { MAS
y long time before he could ;hinA III
Eat hlycr without pain. In - then he
has got rich. and the boys who paved
il on him are now San1c q, ;hc most
succe>>ial on the Wpl,,' an | the story
teller Smoked the ashes a. a. hS y -
aud prepared u turn ~. while he rysj
prepared u explore IA; lii,cr Tor auce>
the mex dav, and perhaps - oNcg TIL
very falls where >awlnES WAS .aS1"I 10
the rali--.sc>S STA
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