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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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Slices from a Long Loaf: Log-book of an Eventful Voyage by Five Pittsburg ...

H. C. Stiefel - 1905 - 264 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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Slices from a Long Loaf

H. C. Stiefel - 1905 - 232 pages
...of the stream threw it with so much violence 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 all our efforts, we could not get to either shore, but were obliged, as...
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The History of Pittsburgh: Its Rise and Progress

Sarah Hutchins Killikelly - 1906 - 694 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;...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 History of Pittsburgh: Its Rise and Progress

Sarah Hutchins Killikelly - 1906 - 706 pages
...the stream threw it with so much violence 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 all our efforts, we could not get to either shore, but were obliged, as...
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A Brief History of the United States

John Bach McMaster - 1907 - 478 pages
.... but before we were half over we were jammed in the ice. ... I put out my setting pole to try and stop the raft that the ice might pass by, when the rapidity of the stream threw it with such force against the pole, that it jerked me out into ten feet of water, but I fortunately saved...
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A Brief History of the United States

John Bach McMaster - 1907 - 468 pages
...rapidity of the stream threw it with such force 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." They were forced to swim to an island, and next day crossed on the ice. Read Parkman's...
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Letters and Addresses

George Washington - 1908 - 500 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 the Raft to either Shore; but were obliged,...
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The Story-life of Washington: A Life-history in Five Hundred True Stories ...

Wayne Whipple - 1911 - 848 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...it with so much Violence against the Pole, that it jirked me out into ten Feet Water: But I fortunately saved myself by catching hold of one of the Raft...
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Readings in American History

David Saville Muzzey - 1915 - 634 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...fortunately saved myself by catching hold of one of the Raft Logs. . . . The Cold was so extremely severe that Mr. Gist had all his Fingers and some of his...
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Readings in American History

David Saville Muzzey - 1915 - 632 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...fortunately saved myself by catching hold of one of the Raft Logs. . . . The Cold was so extremely severe that Mr. Gist had all his Fingers and some of his...
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