Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 382
brigade and warned itagainst nearer approach. At the ordinary heightof the water, the course they were following wouldhave been the right one to gain the portage. No sooner did Joe perceive the situation, thanhe acted upon it. He hunied to the right bankof the river, where the stream was narrow,… … EVERY MAN WAS SAVED ALIVE, AND EVEN THE CANOE WAS SECURED. It had happened thus. The return voyagerswere, many of them, new to the region, and Mr.Smith had undertaken to convoy the boats, bykeeping in advance. Incautiously, in the highstate of the water, he advanced too near the cas-cade, so that…
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