Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1892-06-17

and DR.. Hayes built the framework
while / gathered gum. My diary for
that day closes with 1--WE are nearly
down to rosebuds and raw flour but our
new boat will now swamp or save us
in short time" Next night the boat
was done, except little more gum
coating and that was finished early the
morning Of the 10th; and we stood
ready for our trip. We practically
stripped to our underclothing to meet
any accident At II we were all
ready to try our tissue paper transpor-
tation, every one jumped in and the
boat leaped forward Mt q gait OF from
ten to twelve miles an hour, the islands
fairly whirling by us. 1t was danger
GUS to stop, SO we dashed through
breakers that were better than BARRIERS
elixir for raising hair. RUSSELL arising
| in the stern to see what harbor in
Hades we were heading for, was sent
| was active work to get back to our
normal status. Both Russell and the
Doctor were pitched out in stop
ping the boat to inspect an ominous
outlook ahead and alone in the world.
started out at a speed that promised
| to land me in San Francisco that even
ing if nothing interfered. considered
myself lucky when made gravel bar
not far below, and awaited the two
| who had to lock arms to cross the swift
channels between us. The channels
outside of either party were roaring
torrents that Leander could not have
crossed. 1t was just noon when we
ripped the first hole, lurched sidcwise,
dumped Russell overheard, and came
ne rolling over and over down the
steep chute as 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 a dozen times to in.
spect threatening outlooks, or when
thrown out by the plunging craft it.
self How the balloon-lil1e boat stood
the banging was the greatest mystery
of all. The outlook now was very
black, the great river of a mile in
width at places was, ahead, narrowing
into colossal canyon and its roar
sounded obviously like cataract
Russell spent nearly two hours ahead
on the north wall inspecting it but he
could find no fall, though the rapids in
! places were almost equivalent. While
he was gone signal smokes were made
: to attract any Indians idiots enough te
find this country congenial. 1t was &
hydraulic hurdle race for five miles ant
we could hardly tell half the time
whether we were under the water, OF
top of it, or flying through the spray
. The wide boat made it impossible fol
me to paddle in the center without add
ing danger to the already great peri
= and the work fell to the others. N
better relief, however, could have beef
devised in such exciting places thar
! equally exciting labor. 1t looked s.
very bad at 4:3O another inspection
was made. The canyon was SO black
! narrow, and turned SO sharply it seeme
. as If the whole foaming mass plunge
into an abyss out of sight. We wer
, not yet clear Of glacial country and
. was not improbable we might disaT
pear in q tunnel of ice II one was me
just s, we tore the side out and cam
near sinking before a bar coul
be made; we got away 9
2 in exceedingly heavy watts
and at 7:2O, seeing the canyon ahea
apparently Obliterated in the blac
shadows, we stopped on q bar an
camped, with thirty-six miles In o,
~ favor. My diary closes: "A day
dangers long to be remembered, beir
a continuous run of rough rapids, wit
waves often four and Ave feet hie
and tossing in all directions" We no
4. had but one days full ration Of fou
Id after which we could help ourselves
10 the salt. 1t was 1925 before we 2
started next morning, the time be.r
taken up in inspecting the caa.o
Russell said there were at leas. fl