 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...  Seeing Pennsylvania - Page 314by John Thomson Faris - 1919 - 347 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Frost - Indian captivities - 1855 - 338 pages
...me out into ten feet water; but I fortunately saved myself by catching hold of one of the raft logs. Notwithstanding all our efforts, we could not get...cold was so extremely severe, that Mr. Gist had all hia fingers, and some of his toes frozen, and the water was shut up so hard, that we found no difficulty... | |
 | George Washington, Jared Sparks - United States - 1855 - 638 pages
...catching hold of one of the raft logs. Notwithstanding all our efforts . we could not get the raft to either shore, but were obliged, as we were near an island, to quit our raft, and make to it" This providential escape from most imminent danger was not the end of their calamities. They were thrown... | |
 | James Handasyd Perkins, James R. Albach - Indians of North America - 1857 - 1038 pages
...out into ten feet water ; but I fortunately saved myself by catching hold of one of the raft logs. Notwithstanding all our efforts, we could not get...water was shut up so hard that we found no difficulty iti getting oft' the island on the ice, in the morning, and went to Mr. Frazier's. "We met here with... | |
 | Caroline Matilda Kirkland - 1857 - 596 pages
...me out into ten feet water, but I fortunately saved myself by catching hold of one of the raft logs. Notwithstanding all our efforts, we could not get...fingers and some of his toes frozen, and the water shut up so hard that \ve found no difficulty in getting off the island on the ice in the morning."... | |
 | James Handasyd Perkins, James R. Albach - Indians of North America - 1858 - 1202 pages
...me out into ten feet water; but I fortunately saved myself by catching hold of one of the raft logs. Notwithstanding all our efforts, we could not get...some of his toes frozen, and the water was shut up BO hard that we found no difficulty in getting off the island on the ice, in the morning, and went... | |
 | James Handasyd Perkins, James R. Albach - Indians of North America - 1858 - 1026 pages
...out into ten feet water ; but I fortunately saved myself by catching hold of one of the raft logs. Notwithstanding all our efforts, we could not get...were near an island, to quit our raft and make to it. coming to a place on the head of the Great Kenhawa, where they found seven people killed and scalped,... | |
 | George Washington - Presidents - 1860 - 272 pages
...out into ten feet water ; but I fortunately saved myself by catching hold of one of the raft-logs. Notwithstanding all our efforts, we could not get...were near an island, to quit our raft and make to it. to the southward to war ; but coming to a place on the head Great Kenhawa, where they found seven people... | |
 | Frontier and pioneer life - 1875 - 806 pages
...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...was so extremely severe that Mr. Gist had all his ringers and some of his toes frozen; and the water was shut up so hard that we found no difficulty... | |
 | Charles Hallowell Mitchener - Frontier and pioneer life - 1876 - 378 pages
...shore, but were obliged, as we were near an island, to quit our raft and make for it. The cold was so severe that Mr. Gist had all his fingers and some of his toes frozen, and the water was so shut up that we found no difficulty in getting off the island in the morning, and went to Mr. Frazier's.... | |
 | Charles Hallowell Mitchener - Frontier and pioneer life - 1876 - 370 pages
...myself by catching hold of one of the raft logs. Notwithstanding all our efforts we could not get to the shore, but were obliged, as we were near an island, to quit our raft and make for it. The cold was so severe that Mr. Gist had all his fingers and some of his toes frozen, and the... | |
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