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Told by the Pioneers run in the night we landed and tied up for the night_ In the morning we found the wind had changed and was blowing heavily up the stream. As we were in an exposed position among rocks we hoisted sail and ran back for a sheltered cove on the north bank. We succeeded in finding Oile about two or three miles below where we started the day before. \Ve ran in, made fast, found a shelter under a large rock and let the wind roar and howl as it only knows how in passing through the gap made in the mountains for the channel of the Columbia river. About an hour before sunset the wind died away and we got aboard and cast off. For a mile or two it was so calm that I thought we were making very slow progress, yet the captain said that we should be at the Cascades in an hour and a half. The captain and the owner of the boat wanted me to steer while they ~went forward. I objected on the ground that it was night and I knew nothing about the stream and we were carrying a very large sail. They said they wanted to go before the sail so they could see where we were, so I yielded and took the helm. When they left they said they would return and take the helm as soon as we passed Mount Hood. Minutes sped by. The wind steadily increased its momentum. Mt. Hood whirled past us. We ploughed through the water with frig'htful speed yet I waited patiently for an hour yet no one came to take the helm. At length the truth flashed through my mind like a thunderbolt. The broad sail broke the wind off from the bow of the boat, 'twas warm there. I yelled and screamed until my head grew dizzy, but no sound came back. I dared not leave the helm. Somnus, the crafty God, had enfolded every living soul aboard in his soft embrace and borne them to the land of Nod, and the swift water and angry winds were hastening' all to Davy Jones locker. Feeling round, I got hold of a piece of a log chain and thro'wing it with all my might to where my brother had laid down I succeeded in bringing him back to a state of semi-consciousness. He raised up and asked what was wanted. I told him we must be near the falls; to go forward and bring help_ He went and with Herculean effort wrenched the captain and owner from the sweet embrace of their enchanter, and brought them back at a double slow snail's pace. They wanted to know what was the matter and I asked if we were not getting pretty near the falls. Their answer was ,oh, no, we have to pass Mt. Hood first. I replied, "we passed Mt. Hood more than an hour ag'o, and you can see at what speed we are running." This answer sent them forward again on the double quick. They quickly returned, however, shouting to me to turn in to shore and to the rest to catch the oars and work for life for we were outside of the island and on the point of going o\-er the falls. I brought the boat around as short as I dared and in a few seconds after it was turned quartering up stream I had the satisfaction of seeing that with the impetns it had gained, 216
Told by the Pioneers added to the help of a quartering and the oars, it was slowly but surely crawling up stream. The next call was for all hands to check up and prevent it from dashing against the rocks. The captain and owner sprang ashore with the line and made the discovery that we were on the north bank and only a boat's length above the proper landing. With the rope we dropped down into the cove and made fast. Had we been outside of the island as they supposed, no power on earth could have saved us. The remainder of the nig'ht we spent in a vain endeavor to roast our shins by a fire under an open shed, but the attempt was useless, for the wind blew the coals away as fast as they formed. Between feeding and watching the boat, we wore the balance of the dreary night away. The longest road has an end, so had that dismal night. Daylight and calm came at last and revealed the fact that when we made the turn we could not have been more than a hundred feet above where the water poured over the rocks and what saved us was that we struck the rim of the eddy that formed the cove. Had we proceeded a half minute longer we would have jumped over the falls onto the rocks forty feet below, dashed the boat and its lading into atoms and changed the sweet embrace of Brother Somnus into a lasting slumber. In looking over the scene of what might have been a fatal disaster, I secretly resolved never again to take the helm in a strange place abo'"e a waterfall, for the purpose of giving others a chance to indulge in a refresh- • mg snooze. \Ye were detained a week at the Cascades waiting for a boat, but finally got off, our captain telling' us that we would get to Yancouver before night. The first night we camped in a swamp, with an Oregon mist pouring down from above and the moist earth beneath, but we enjoyed our introduction to western Washington with all the dignified stoicism that our petulant dispositions ',"ould permit. The second night we found ourselves among snags in very swift water. Deeming it unsafe to attempt to run any further in the dark, the captain ran in to shore and camped. By feeling, we picked a camp ground on the hill side, and here we started a fire, stretched our tent and prepared to enjoy the never-ceasing patter of the falling mist. But as the night advanced, the falling drops became larger and thicker, until finally the windows of Heaven bursting open, the mist poured down in torrents that caused our tent to surge and sway under its weight. The flood came pouring down the hillside, but was checked for a time by the log we had laid for a pillow. The rushing tide finally leaped this barrier and came pouring in brooklets throug'h our beds. Awakened and disturbed by the rushing waters, I braced my feet against a convenient sapling and courted again the forgetfulness of sleep, but before slum- 217
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Told by the P'ioneers collection is
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Told by the Pioneers Saturday 4th.
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Told by the Pionee1's Fred Lockley
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Told by the Pioneers "Another boy a
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