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Show II IN AN INDIAN VILLAGE H TWELVE MILES AN HOUR DOWN j PJ A MOUNTAIN niVBR. J A,!lj1ru11a liar II jure In Caitb 1 Up lAtng U b I!rmimlfr1 lltlnf n Ij B, tsntleiml Hum i.f lUaih lliM. ffj fl (No. It iBUraslloDit TrM AisoclslJoa Mk $ Atxa Iiuuk ViUAuk or Taval. 1 B il Alaska, August 12, 169J uputri wo JH f cuuio to the conclusion to Lulul a light BnT I cum as boat from the cuTrlnjjs of our H j parks srid descend the river At this Hf r point tho current ns. very rsfilrt nml O j turhutcnt, UMckruunlnir a fiulnr tno r J lulu Iff lit, tint there was n notice iblo H lmproTementoTcr tho violent torrent IB (ren ucsr thOfrUder and If this ratio m ou tinned, u wo hoped, another four W1 er five mtle might to let us nut ot Mm doDirrroai Water We lsd flkh line H fnr thiead to sew tilth, a lamn ax 1-e KB ftjdei BuclitiunllnK1 kuWi and pocltrt JB itenlltn field urtlra ntunllv hntr H 'h framework was of wooUliie UpcI H fpruceaud tho rlh of alder. 'Iho K tont uu fourteen feet lou,f and nrnrl H lire fact In beam a tfuod form for tint flft elionpy travel of tlifi rapid. A I It, of Bb lurii, rotljftourly fared for Aueh a von Hr tlnrrency, wiu inlifd nlth prute cum H? collectckl from tlio trrM to woUrjroof K the lata bottom Tho fith Unwell lK 'J ami Itr Hare built the framework 1 WM i Ml while I ffttherod fruia. Mr diary for ; Am) u that day clur with "Ho aro nearly H i j down to rotwbud and raw flour buLour iffS i jnl now boat will now awamp or sure u I M IrM In a jlifjrt time " Next nhht the boat br 4v n done, exit pt a little mora pum 1 W S r ' coating and that was floUhed early the ' XF f inornlnff of the lOthj ind we atood ; UBJ, V) uady for our trljh prnotlcally WHJ ,i itrlpped toouruu lerelothlnt; to meet f-ji1 - any accident. At XX wo wero alt j WfcA 1 1 rtwdy to try uur tUtuo paper tranpor i K H' tattpii. every one Jumped !n tm the L fiL M boat leapd forward at n unit of from ffiu ' f t011 to iclre ratlM an hour, the Inland Iff fatrly whirling by ua. It wna danger m on to atop, io tvo il allied through IP , lKr&Lerthat wore letter than barber a i K . ' rlUIr for rahrini h ilr. Unwell, nrMnu' ' H? ' ln tll Btpra " vrIirit 1,r,KrlQ j t MB. i " Hadoa wewero lieudlnjr for, m acnt r X' tBf J ppJnninir Vr an unusual lurch and It ffiwB.li T ins acthoworlc to pet back to our M'lfft' r 'tionnal ituluv Cth IIumcII and Iho 11KI! ' Doctor wore pitched out In atop !i All f fpKirr Uie faint to Impecl un omlooua i Kj t J (outlook alieud annul one in tho world t litR U i tTNtartd out at mcl ' that promlMHl JtvIKJi,' :' ftoland main bn iSanclkoo that even- filtylHli '' Hnfit nothing InUrfered Ironthteixd btJiHIii ii taMlflucky nl male annuel bar I &1MJHII ji notiv UAbw, nnl nwultcf tho to I U'Ml' Yl wltoliatltolockarmBtoiroHathoMwlft I l.tMa is. channels bctwi.cn ua. 'Iho chnnntln Kllkiral , .miteldtf of cKher party Wiro ronrlntr i KVtWi '! 'turrentathat Junlcr uiul 1 not hnvu 1 J ttlf jjj teroHkcd It wa lait noti when we k m jrrpptd the Drt hole, Jurrhcd hIiIowIm, j wti t I & dumped UutbtU ovcrtmanl, and latno !li w ' .rer rolling over and over down tho ii V B4 Utceji chulo ua a wrecked condition W, , m An hour wm used In repalrlnjr dam- W)' wi. ncc We made twenty lulleab lunch W n tUno. In about two hours, 1 nvliitf tw n lf I,1 in and out thn boat adonn times to In- hf r isiecl tlu-ratenm outlooks, or when 'B. . ' 'tiirown out by the plunirliitf craft It- ;fjj fidf llowtho buUoon-llkolont stootl asg . itho bnclnff wa tho gnatcst mjstery mm I of all, 'Iho outlook now was ery h Irncli, tho great river of n mllo hi ,B width at placta was, iilicid, narrowing wLf Into n cotnhsal ran) on and its roar E, pottndi'd dubloukly tlko a catarart K- Uusbcll rpeut ucttrly two hours ahead '' 'W ' M1 on tho north ullInftiHiUui It but hu i i couU And no fall, tbouh the rapid la , IB' K U.rs wire almost equivalent Whlln i'JV ' ' I o wustfotioMgnnl niiioliea cre mado b KL t to at t met any Indians Id lot 1 mguirh to J R I Und this couutrj conk'enhtt It win u 'PC "J liydraulla hurdlo race for fl e miles un J 1 ) IS j i "0 could hsrdly lull hatf tho tlroo I ' ' i J whether wo wero under tho water, 011 '.- ' 11 '! , top of it, or Ilylnt'throtiphlhoMruv tbjj 1 4 i l t Iho wlflo nont made It Iini.lMc for r32 ill IV ",0 lu pHl1 lle l""nterw!Uioui ndd- n 1 1 IJ lupdaniftr to thn ulruad) trrtut pirll I1MiEv t otul tho work fell to tho etlur. o 4fi Hi , ItotlerrolW, however, ooulj hntobi lu SrS '8!i S dorUod in aueh eieltluff plate than 11 ff fJl eiuiill esiltlnff labor It looked ho W'- lfv ur' baJ ul 35 tiuuther Inhpeitton Kf S f j wiu made 'llmrauyou witHho bluclt I I' h ! narrow , un 1 1 urnt 1 u ahar 1 it seemed m1 B (i us If tho whole foainluir mius pluuireil Lfb i U inloanabjw out of slffhL Wo wero HfcK p 1 i iHiljfttUurof phtclal country un I H rPl I ff us nut ImprobuMo we inlL'ht ilUap Hfet ' )3 l oar In a tunnel of Ico If uno wssmtt W '; ' j l. .1ustr,wutru tho sldo out unlesuio f V) near slnklnj boforo u bar tould hp) bo rondo; we got awa ut hikj , II In exccedloffly heavy wattr PWfr ' l? untl ut7-(,t eliiL- the cjnjon ahead flttfjrj J4 nipnrcnU) obliterated In tho bluclc VKW I shadows, we stoned on u bar on I H' ramped, with thirl)U miles In our ' i3 duntrora Ion In bo remomherfd b'lnir f a wntlnuoua ruu of roujfh rap. Is, wltli wav oun fmir and nvo fm LI3I1 1 and toulnj In alt direction.' We now 1 eim Vmtuaediii'alun ration ot. flour. oifi ttroi 10 afjM eJJ'lt pts UMnU noAattd m Sai3dtKi U dn uatvt r-y eujt ot(t 'UUJoui xau pl4l loa qa ojo;q c; oi II lt" MI tl x.AiauoodiiU uinaou ipn jjijs to aU mile of heavier rapids thati any met 10 far, and remarked, 'There was nit one chntue In a huadted fur any s-irtof a bolt to yet iLrouch safely " The roarlnc rapid Just altcad t robtilly eiual to too wltrlpool rapids below Miff-ire was but one of n score or more in tltoiourso The I Iff li canyon walls were perpendicular now an an average, and quite as often n-re projecting pro-jecting over us us thfy slantetl back wards. The ean)ons courirt was n tortuous one, with sharp turning pn pie, yet aoinewhat uniform lu npor tIons,son little exptrUnce tauf;htu how to tnansgo Iheut to tholes? dan jjtr Oftentimes the swift fflaUnt water, a irfw t sind blnittf nentur les. hsdtut far under tint toik wall, Offulnst which It ininlntftd Mtinetlmes at rlfrht angle until the cavern under-nealh under-nealh looUd Ilka death Itself ns we shot towants 1L Tim ImpItitflafriKiints wire always flanked br luotfir nus whirlpools, whuae vortices were wt re often two to four feet below the rim Tho hJrfhttt waves wero Just of tho sharp angles nnl vhlle sctmlutfly so to the novice, they wtr not thn most dnngcrou howt ver Just nmund under the lee of the point small ffrnril I am were oceiitlonally found, but lliey were not frcuent 'lher were our life preserver In esso of uiettlnp, ripping holes In tho boat, or ilrrr ac cldent o padlltntf was needed to get aheid In tho l'ghtnlng exprets current but all energy was Ixnl In making from olnt to point, no we rrolly ferried backward and fo-imrd, whilo the current iarrled um along Tho bout lmw was, therefrc, al ways iwlntlng tuwanl the eatoou wall which terminated In the point we wero trying to make Hut in going through tho high wives this pcrp n" dicular iHisttlon to tho current wns pi rUous, as tho curling breakers coul 1 easily bare upset a muJi better luado craft, so here wo swung nround At II 20 wu tHiao ton tleuit, Mirer fall of flvo to six feet on tho outward swiop Ingcunn lhat faded ton rapid ut the salteutKluloftho wall opinmlte Iho rapid on our b ft curled arouul to tho foot of tho fall In a whirlpool greater than uny yet scent a perfect cono of ruihlog water, fifty ftet across, lint prnsplng a great log, mud It around like a straw and uckl It out of sight In tho urtcx Wo wvrc not over tweutr yards from It when ,en and wv all expected to go over it, but un usual pa Idling put us to the bur opposite, op-posite, where we dropped tho boat nround by painters. Just below we In limited where thn cinjon seemed iptnlng Undoubtedly tho iik.apu at the whirlpool fall was oir clovmt tl at dsy tind narrow unuugh to satisfy even a dime novel him. otes could not be taken In the rapids owtag to the bent's motions w wc jutted them down ftt bar nhcro wo nsled wluit wo remem 1m red foui tho last stopping place At this bur I find recorded In my book "A perfectly fearful forenoon, with enough danger to turn a hair mat tress gray" Irom hen, seven miles from our morning tamp, w r tould s e a wider and vtvrt opt.11 valley ahead which wa readied In 11 few mlnutia, It was thcllilttyna of tho Indians, tho river flowing less and clearer water thau tho olio wo had juit descended It was running high wares but very long 1 ucs, not at all tlaugcrous, the current dropping to six or m eu miles an hour Uo tamped after making thirty flvr miles, ourorlgjnul iho miles of raj Id having drawn out Into nearly fifty, which, could wo I nvo fluted them ahead, all concurred we would rather have trUd packing around them than attempt what wo had t'niie It was lucky, indeed, wocoull not thui hve vlowtd Uum. It was n grateful sight next day to seo low willed points pnijuctlug Into the river, Imtead of frowning tanyon walls. At 0 wo camo to tho tontlucuce of tho Chlltynn und Ceppcr rivers nml at lu sighted tho Atuu Indian village of lunil, and tooursuttsfuUluiT, found that it w as w ell pi opted Medal, the chief, gate us 11 luart) wtlcomuaudastlll hiartlir illnntr of lea, sumo graham bnnd und a great slab of drltd bacon each It d m not seem so wondruusly pnlntablo Jut now, looking bark At It liut if 1 could combine tU palatullllty nt that thno with Itiprcseut prkolii the great tltlepi 1 would tie text haugo tho combination for tho richest inlno In tho world Ho holdusaU the bacon he bad, a smilt 1 let e, and somo ilour, wlilm anoth r Indian gave us asutmont aHogellterwo were faring unusually well 1 was gnUy surprlcd t find that Mtolal spoke Chinook vtll tnough to got along with him This Jarg 11 1 had I o-11c o-11c red from my former cxix-rlciue on the l'uclilo rout Old not extend abovu Houthe intern Alaska, Nholal told us lie txpccUd to nstemblo n party of Indian fur trndcrs in a wetk to ten dara and descend tho Conner rlvtr 1 1 the trading stations mar Its mouth, a id thst we could join tho party now saw that If we had packe I out wo would bavo bun Ion lutu to take a I antago of this tho latt rhunee of tho year fur nitlvo hilp to assist us to the coist A little dlscnvdoadlsclofttd ho 7 " i "')( y't1''' I MLU 0LHIU It CUt Pl Ull. , ni wllllnic to utart u Utile .orllcr II t lio ciiull e t bU Kulttrifl party to Kctl.i r, ftutl runm rn m ro MH nut ftr I that iurHi.e 'Uio river Hunt kj hlfli, lioiluliurl to rUlc It mm, ns tlum w.roiaanyilani;eriuit rijIiUiilKjil In tin cunt una tint n null U Rirntl lit. rrool ly n luwor Mnt'fl of wut.r As ilitMnup ktioni 1 it niimlur oitnioni. nlica.l It mih not linr.1 to Inllciu III. ftt.r after uur u 1. lit LXwrlvuou Wo campnl iuar I j tlio vlllnjri- on it prettv Krt bnnlc, tl o ilocnir ami liU.Hilt j r. f errlnir to klvrp out of doom lliun In an ImlUn lioui.0 wltli lt ylai c laiii;aiul KtuiHiiotli air lliey tOLUtil up tltu uvfrtuirnl mnvas Imal anil uifd It iu a tent while I toolc uji murton villi Mcolnt uii.l olilniuil Chinook till far Into tho nl(-ht FiaHtllUK tO!IHATK rommatiilln cw orU Idcr tx redlllou. |
