Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-06-24

and DR.. Hayes built the framework
while gathered gum. My diary for
that dry closes with "Wc are nearly
down To rosobuds and raw -four butour
now boat will now swamp or save us
Ia ashort time" Next night the boat
was done, except u little more gum
coating. and that was finished early the
morning Of the 10th; and wo stood
ready Tor our trip We practically
stripped TO our uuderclothing 10 meet
any accident At II we were all
ready 10 try our tissue paper transpor.
tatiQD, every one jumped m and the
boat leapod forward at guilt Of from
ton TO twelve miles an hour, the islands
futrly whirlinR by us IL was danger
our To stop, so wo dashed through
BREAKERS that were better than BARRIERS
elixir for raising hair. Russell, arising
IN tho stern to Gee what harhor Ia
hades we were heading for, was sent
spinning by an unusual lurch and II
was active work 10 get back 10 our
normal status Both Russell and the
Doctor were pitched out in stop.
ping the boat 20 Inspect an ominous
outlook ahead anu alone in the world.
fistarted out at o speed that promised
TO land me In san Irnncisco that even
ing n nothiug in'erfcred. considered
myself lucky nj made gravel bar
not Oar below, and awaited the two
who had 10 lock arms 10 cross the swift
channels between us, The channels
outside Of either party were roaring
torrents that Lcandcr could not have
crossed IL was Just noon when we
ripped the nrst hole, lurchcd sidcwise,
dumped Russell overheard, and camo
near rolling over and over down the
steep chute US wrecked expedition.
an hour was used In repairing dam
ages. We made twenty miles by lunch
time. In about two hours, having been
in and out the boat dozen times toin
spect threatening outloolSs, or when
thrown out by the plunging craft IT,
self, How the balloon like boat stood
the banging was tho greatest mystery
Of all, The outlook now was very
ibhcR, the great river OF mile In
width at places was, ahead, narrowing
Into u colossal canyon and It's roar
sounded obviously like cataract
Russell spent nearly two hours ahead
on the north wall Inspecting II but he
could find no fall, though the rapids In
places were almost equivalent While
lac was gone signal smokes were madc
20 attract any Indians idiots enough 90
lind this country congcnial 1t was a
hydraulie hurdle race for five miles aud
we could hardly tell half tho time
whether we were under the water. on
top of II, or dying through the spray.
The wide boat mAde II impossible for
mo 20 paddle In the center without add
ing danger TO tho already great peril
AMI the work fell TO the others. y,
better relief, however, could have been
devised In such exciting places thar
equally exciting labor. II looked r.,
very bad at $3.50 another inspection
was made, Tho canyon was so black
narrow. and turned so sharply II seemed
as " the whole foaming mass plunge,
into an abyss out Of sight We wcr
not yet clear OF glacial country and 1
was not Improbable we might disap
pear In tunnel Of ice u one was met
lusta, we tore the side out and cam
near sinking before bar coul,
DO madc; we got away Il
In exceedingly heavy waite
and at 7i2O, seeing tho canyon ahea
apparently obliterated In the bluc
shadows, we stopped on bar an
camped, with thirty-siS miles In on
favor. My diary closes! "a day q
dangers long to be remembered, bein
continuous run Of rough rupids, wit
waves often four and live feet hiq
and tossing in all directions We no,
hau put one days full ration Of luu