The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-06

deer brought along to prove to his friends
had been smashed by giant fish In the turbid
waters. but he had caught, plenty Of smaller
OF them lie had not felt afraid. No said, and
was at no time In grave danger but IT is notice
others %sSd tn make the T TnsR b
no had had enough ills oxperen S1 Gri EHy
He noated for day after entering the canon
without trouble and without finding place at
rock rose preciptously on either side OF him
and grew steadily caller and narrower this re-.
the current lie slept in the boat III that niRR
and about o'clock In the morning was
awakened ask by the craft shooting arapil; 1t was
he was travelling a thousand miles "a a
ences, however he did not think the f flp was
srd great one ne and he came through without
the morning found himself well within the
walls OF the canon proper, At no time there
nST did when he hE GS So Fo9sH in %asaf al
sa1 along the edss q the, wssSr n
and walked for a mile. allowing the craft to
drift along even with him. held by rope from
in W and others cfeGn 9a to m 2o
yards. In these places the current was very
last running. he estimated. at speed Of ten to
Often the walls instead OF being perpendicu-
lar would run back from tho water at such an
angle that 1t looked as If an active man might
climb them. This occurred always in the
wider parts Of tho, canon, and it was in these
the black deer. which seemed to have no
trouble max ing their way in and out. He saw
these animals every day and on one occasion
killed sheep with a sin shooter. Occasionally
the walls would narrow and bend together up-
III only narrow ribbon Of SKY was visible
then. The height OF the masses Of rock varied
from 600 to loo feet and they were OF all the
markable scenery undoubtedly. OF which no
never tired OF talking. but he was not an artist
and had no camera with him.
The dangers OF the transit. he declared. arose
altogether from the rapids Shooting them
was largely matter OF luck and the stout
was torn by sharp rocks. and if u boat was
dashed against one Of them the chances were
place that the timber was ripped from his own
craft. One OF these rapids he described as hay,
Ing fall OF not less than nifty feet in 200
incalcuable speed. and at its bottom was pool
OF unknown depth that was 200 yards IN diam
two feet in thickness. Tie spun around in this
POOL for an hour after striking II before with
out OF it and into the stream which settled into
the river below. The noise OF this and many
Ser6era1ins walls was terrible He he could hear
the rapids roar sometimes Tor two miles be.
fore he reached them, and their neighborhood
about the boat and tho Increased speed.
or course, as it was his FIRST .voyaG",
was ahead OF him, 1t might be merely
Hns wh tho eppn
Niagara. It was his custom when approaching
rapid to lie down on his back. CRASH gun
fioat"' He could feel the boat bucking ike
around with dizzying velocity while il plunged
downward but he knew that he could not 90
t" M nd oai s5S for FenFf
confidence in, its strength and trusted
ro1 GSpdD ,t deal S acted The 5H;
OF a boatman. and. i he had attempted to direct
matters. must infallibly have drowned long be-
happened. nothing would have been seen Of
him, 1t is fact that no bodies Of animals OF
a rh kRn hats ever a out Tt se Sndoh
pieces in the rapids
Finding that he could make landings at
did not wish to repeat his first nights expert
ence Of shooting rapid in th., dark lIo
the names of the large FISH which broke his
rods Probably they were g4rs. The water
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the pools were bottomlcss aud again there
Of his boat During all his six weeks OF loaf
ing and floating he did not see eign OF hui
n IN shs soah fac HRo e H
bu, they were long way w and trotted away,
Hood knew nothing of beavers. and thought
Of them had not entered his head. He said
places where the water was shallow near a Nat
beach lust below bend he say queer con-
structions. made OF mud and drftwood. which
had something the appearance Of nests. Old
trappers here had been convinced of the exist
driftwood which had been cut by teeth often
came down the river Inc presence OF the
two years after the Hood exploration. There
appeared in Eagle Pass in the spring OF
1891 French C4padian who ,,,! gave tie
Ike o cnnoe e He ended first TIN in this town. but
crossed to Piedras Negras on the other side, a
city now known as Ciudad lornTio Daz, His
aoxa upfHn Els BIZ
With rust from snd to end 1n1
steel trap OF the ordinary pattern, He sold his
skins hurriedly for 81 each. anu as the British
Consul seemed disposed, to make tnqpiries
Before going, however, he told this story
Pichot and Edouard ,fiassat trarpers all, while
in western Canada, heard OF the Rio Grand1se
b sa sron Th 65as %
driited down the river, This was in Novem-
6s, d they to he T%es
he was drowned in the first fail. The next day
Bauduy and pichot made eamr on narrow
shore, lust above deep pool, and set
their traps They. were successful. but ex-
hausted tho neighborhood in three week :
and moved on downward; They passed
reached which Bauduy, estimated to be
| about half WAY. through the canon. Here they
| struck fierce fall. In attempting to shoot 1t
| pichot. who was standing in his boat lost
| his balance. fell out and was drowned The
| boat was ground to pieces on the rocks below.
| Luckily al OF the skins they had taken were in
| Bauduy's boat The survivor worked his way
| on down during the ensuing months setting
the traps. ometimes with success and some
| times not. He would have stayed and taken
more skins. he said. but for the fact that atter
| a while his loneliness grew 10 be unbearable,
| The walls of the canon. where 1t, was nearly
| always dark. seemed to be closing in on him to
| crush him, so no gave it up and foatcd away.
No man has been through the canon since
Bauduy. His story was well and Straightly
| told and no one could contradict II. Neverthe-
| less the people down here are frontier people.
and they have their own way Of making de-,
| auctions They do not deny that Biossat and
| pchot may have been drowned They say,
| however. that the survivor must have been up-
| Inn Etrlp IN