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" I put out my setting pole to try to stop the raft, that the ice might pass by ; when the rapidity of the stream threw it with so much violence against the pole, that it jerked me out into ten feet water : but I fortunately saved myself by catching hold... "
The Writings of George Washington: pt.i. Official letters relating to the ... - Page 444
by George Washington, Jared Sparks - 1834
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Annals of the West: Embracing a Concise Account of Principal Events which ...

James Handasyd Perkins, James R. Albach - 1857 - 1038 pages
...that we expected every moment our raft to sink, and ourselves to perish. I put out my setting-pole to try to stop the raft, that the ice might pass by,...fortunately saved myself by catching hold of one of the raft logs. Notwithstanding all our efforts, we could not get to either shore, but were obliged, as...
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Memoirs of Washington

Caroline Matilda Kirkland - 1857 - 594 pages
...manner that we expected every moment our raft to sink and ourselves to perish. I put out my setting pole to try to stop the raft, that the ice might pass by, when the rapidity of the stream threw it with such violence against the pole, that it jerked me out into ten feet water, but I fortunately saved...
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The Farmer Boy, and how He Became Commander-in-chief

Morrison Heady - 1864 - 336 pages
...expected every moment our raft to sink, and ourselves to perish. I put out my settingpole to try and stop the raft, that the ice might pass by; when the...against the pole, that it jerked me out into ten feet of water : but I fortunately saved myself by catching hold of one of the raft-logs. Notwithstanding...
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Old Fort Duquesne: Or, Captain Jack, the Scout. An Historical Novel with ...

Charles McKnight - 1873 - 536 pages
...expected every moment our raft to sink, and ourselves to perish. I put out my setting pole to try and stop the raft that the ice might pass by, when the...against the pole, that it jerked me out into ten feet of water ; but 1 fortunately saved myself by catching hold of one of the raft logs." " Notwithstanding...
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Our Western Border: Its Life, Combats, Adventures, Forays, Massacres ...

1875 - 806 pages
...expected every moment our raft to sink, and ourselves to perish. I put out my setting pole to try and stop the raft that the ice might pass by, when the...against the pole, that it jerked me out into ten feet of water; but I fortunately saved myself by catching hold of one of the raft logs. "Notwithstanding...
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The Olden Time, Volume 1

1876 - 604 pages
...that we expected every moment our raft to sink, and ourselves to perish. I put out my setting-pole to try to stop the raft, that the ice might pass by...fortunately saved myself by catching hold of one of the raft logs. Notwithstanding all oar efforts, we could not get to either shore, but were obliged, (is...
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Ohio Annals: Historic Events in the Tuscarawas and Muskingum Valleys, and in ...

Charles Hallowell Mitchener - 1876 - 370 pages
...moment our raft to sink, and ourselves to perish. I put out my setting pole to try to stop the raft, when the rapidity of the stream threw it with so much...pole that it jerked me out into ten feet water, but I saved myself by catching hold of one of the raft logs. Notwithstanding all our efforts we could not...
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Ohio Annals: Historic Events in the Tuscarawas and Muskingum Valleys, and in ...

Charles Hallowell Mitchener - 1876 - 376 pages
...ourselves to perish. I put out my setting pole to try to stop the raft, when the rapidity of the streiim threw it with so much violence against the pole that it jerked me out into ten feet water, but I saved myself by catching hold of one of the raft logs. Notwithstanding all our efforts we could not...
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Life in the Wilds of America: And Wonders of the West in and Beyond the ...

I. Winslow Ayer - 1880 - 540 pages
...the ice in such a manner that we expected every moment our raft to sink, I put out my setting-pole to try to stop the raft, that the ice might pass by,...against the pole that it jerked me out into ten feet of water; but I fortunately saved myself by catching hold of one of the raft logs. Notwithstanding...
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Captain Jack, the Scout: Or, The Indian Wars about Old Fort Duquesne ; An ...

Charles McKnight - 1873 - 532 pages
...expected every moment our raft to sink, and ourselves to perish. I put out my setting pole to try and stop the raft that the ice might pass by, when the...against the pole, that it jerked me out into ten feet of water; but 1 fortunately saved myself by catching hold of one of the raft logs." " Notwithstanding...
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