The Red Cloud chief., 1890-02-28

WOO81b 80 VIZ OoIy WY COUb0 -
Souat fos u WEE thst there nuss hsve
beea Asavy sains Up shove "a. and the
liver va FisiAs. Hu4 how much would
u SleoS wos the question. ny the
WoAos marks On tho tN o. I nav that IL
~ toen six feat higher than u was
Wheee NJ stood, cad II II should cone
- - hist aow N would have . chance
d swim Sos IL looked % The stick
seea agsin, end the water wa three
lnehss higher than when ~ woke ~
Il ~ sislas very fast
y lee't kaew whst put the dee 10
~ heeA, ies ! he'd never hoard oi H.
~ ! stumbled upon the plan the lun.
bosDes always use whea they ~
eeught n such . az. II IL he'd 6een .
neenlight slight ! should have started
- one0 Soe the boat before The wates
~ too high, but u was dark ~ Pitch,
0aA away from the Ore " could hardly
~ eus hands before Dur faces. u
would have been little better ehan
suicide - W - 70 through the swamp
% sueh . night With the water sisiaG.
- I dstssnined 70 carry out the iAss
t1at seeupsod - ne, end even 70 10 that
~ voul6 hsve - work fest
II nsAs the AU up - bright ss1
Ould ~ u and sst the led 70 work 70
~ AoWa one Of The tall trees that stood
aeas, saA I took another. We out two
Neooo ooch aad chopped the trunks into
Segs shout eight fest lons. With those
~ built . platform. laying two logs n
Wy ~ two The other, building on and
% till ~ he'd . structure like . lo9 pig.
pen sbeut six fest high. Tho top Of The
whole thiag " covered with logs small
enough ies 10 70 lift-snd BY the time II
We done there was nothing but water
saA tsees oil ssound us-evon ~ little
Island he'd disappeared.
I'VE hsA nothing 70 do now but climb
% sHA wait; but Ne stuck u out In the
mad Ill daylight trying 70 keep the Are
going - warm Va by daylight We were
kneeAssp In water, sad - We hsA
burned every thing thst wa not soak.
iae vet ~ lot the arc 70 and climbed
up. We he'd provisions enough 70 last
for two Or three days, and thers was no
danger Of any current strong enough -
teas down our heavy platform. But 10
was not . pleasant situatlon, sittins on
% artificial Island eight feet square and
not knowing how long you might have
- stay there. However. u va bettoP
there than anywhere else wc could "a.
and ~ had 70 stay. Our proviaions
we're oil unoooked. and about noon We
Clipped o. splinters enough 70 mako .
little ARE 70 boil our coffee and fry some
bacon. Just before dark ! measured the
Wetes aAd found u three feot and . half
deep end still rising.
I'VE spent tho night on tho platform.
and next morning tho water wal lsss
than two ieet bslow the top Of II Well.
you can imagine how We lived, end how
Wo wondered when w wero going "a
20 away, or whether the wster would
remain high I'LL we werc starved out
Hut . little after noon that day W heard
Q distant shout, and you may depend
~ were not slow 70 answer It. W.
heard 10 again and again, always COM
ing nearer, and kept answering H. and
before long = boat oamo In sight L WA
our own ski6 snd my two girls IN Il
When the water ross % high they wsrs
afraid we would 10 drowned, and they
took tho big boat and rowed up the
canal till they came 70 tho little bosA
Then they left the big boat and tool
70 The skin. end he'd not much Trouble
In following ". because We had girdled
. COED many trees y We oAms along
end the marks wore fresh.
tho water staid up that taue about
three weeks. and II the girls he'd mol
come after NJ we'd have he'd our choic>
between starving and drowning. But
~ doaV set caught that Wy nowsdsys
because w know how 70 reaA the signi
bsttsr. This sirlf Oh. no she's not ON
Of the girls, but shes the daughter ol
one al them."-W william Drysdslc; In n
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