Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-05-12

.-.s nuu maur m Inspection, cuoy-,ns
the extreme right (easu channel, the
usual one talsun by miners aud Indians.
The excitement then was just pleasantly
exhilarating. An inspection OF the
rapids by Russell and the Doctor gs-u
no reason for changing the usual chan
mel or method. and ut 1870 we went
through. Russoli's boat slightly leading.
The right channel Is after ali quite a
narrow chute, and the greatest danger
IA In not keeping well 60 the center 20
avoid collision with the rough
Jagged rocks Of the sides. At the
entrance the first wave Is about four
feet high and they increase TO the third
or fourth, some two feet higher, with
well defined "combinas' that are fully
equal to the heaviest surf one usually
sees on the Atlantic shore, and whose
Kissing roar makes II hard Ia hear any
thing else In the narrow canon. The
Importance Of a little Roadway for
Storage power In such places can not
be ovcrestimatcd aud She doctor and !
dug In our paddles 20 secure u, the con.
sequence being we collidcd with the
other boat In q sharp rap that might
have sunk Il had II been wooden one.
This was Just rs IRusscll's boat mounted
the wave ahead and the next second lac
disappeared out OF sight In the trough
beyond. As we rushed into the white
cap nloft we could see our PROV pro-
joeting beyond tho comb was directly
over his boat and II seemed certain that
Il would come down on top Of II ~ he
arose and We sunk A couple OF
quick bacl, strokes with our paddle
aud no further collision occurred.
Russell, entering alone, had 20 rely
upon his oars, which are poor enough
In heavy rolling seas, and came near
being thrown sidcwisc ON a breakers
crest and swamped, an accident which
think not unlikely the collision
helped 10 avert. In any dangerous
chute boat Of our size should have ut
least two persons aboard and paddles
relied upon wholly. When we shot
these In iss3 the waves were not quite
20 high aud the waters seemed more
broken up and frothy the whole length
Of the short canon being mass Of
milk.likc foam, while Of this stage OF
water the huge waves, or better speak.
ing great whito.cappcd breakers, were
well defined. reaching from rock tn
rock and did not break Into boiling
mass until the canon was cleared aud
there was u chance TO spread. One
81 the singular sensations Of shoot
ing an exciting rapid Ia the apparent
slowncss with which one moves, while
directly la what one would infer 10 be
the swlftost part from the very namc
rapids" II always seemed 20 me that
the boat was very deliberate and rafhsr
| liked dallying IN the dangerous ways;
aud then again Il may b. true that tho
foaining, dancing, roHring water Is not
going as fast as the senses credit !
know this Il true Of similar people,
Tho waves we had to ride after pass.
Ing well through were quite high but
long and not breaking, 30 outside OF
possible Hoa.sicknoss II they continued
too far, there was no great danger md
we really enjoyed them by compari-
son with tho much more dangerous
Rink Rapids.
Singularly enough Russell did no,
know the collislou took place In these
latter rapids although II was severe
one, as he was busily engaged la right
ing his swinging boat 70 escape swamp.
ing II was more like the collision OF
two footballs than two cannon balls,
the shock being almost wanting. A
most furious Wlnu nAu ulhuH th' aNttF'
ing difficult and OF course nj the worst
places. II had amounted 10 gale just
before shooting the Rink and Mt on,
time we discussed the adyisability o
postpouing tho run until It should die
down. just after we were treate,
TO the ineongruous combination Of /
prolonged heavy rain storm with tn
sun shining tho whole time
The next day, the eth. we made our
way TO old Fort Selkirk long aban
donod and utterly ruined Hudson BaI
post, being the point where my cX
ploratlons Of 1883 terminated. Tn,
cutting capacity Of the swift, Yukoi
was well seen that day when we passc,
the site OF the old Indian village o
kittah-gon Here q large wcll.oon
s,ruoted building stood In 1888 with
number Of brush houses around II on
level wooded bank reaching fur bncl
to the HIN. Now the river had swcp
away every ycstige OF the native tow
and cut deep into the poplar grove
leaving only q frowsy fringe Of