 | 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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,... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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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