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18 - In the Heart of the Rockies by G A Henty · In the Heart of the Rockies

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  Speaker 1: Is in the public domain. Read by Alan Kammer, chapter seventeen,
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  Speaker 1: The Grand Canyon. Passing from a short canyon, the boats
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  Speaker 1: emerged into a valley with flat shores for some distance
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  Speaker 1: from the river. On the right was a wide side canyon,
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  Speaker 1: which might afford a passage up into the hills half
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  Speaker 1: a mile lower down, there were trees and signs of cultivation,
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  Speaker 1: and a light smoke rose among them. At this the
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  Speaker 1: first sign of human life they had seen since they
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  Speaker 1: took to the boats. All hands paddled rapidly. They were
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  Speaker 1: approaching the shore when leaping horse said to Harry, no
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  Speaker 1: go close, stopping river and sea. Perhaps bad Indians. Leaping
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  Speaker 1: Horse not like smoke. Harry called to the other canoe,
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  Speaker 1: and they bore out into the stream again. The chiefs
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  Speaker 1: stood up in the boat, and after gazing at the
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  Speaker 1: shore silently for a moment, said village burnt burnt little
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  Speaker 1: time ago post still burning. As he resumed his seat,
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  Speaker 1: Harry stood up in turn. That is so, Chief, There
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  Speaker 1: have only been five or six huts, Whether Indian or White,
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  Speaker 1: one can't tell now. Just at this moment, an Indian
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  Speaker 1: appeared on the bank. As his eye fell on the boats,
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  Speaker 1: he started. A moment later he raised a war yell Navajo.
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  Speaker 1: The chief said, Navajo, war party, come down, kill people
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  Speaker 1: and burn village. Must row hard. The yell had been
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  Speaker 1: answered from the wood, and in two or three minutes
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  Speaker 1: as many score of Indians appeared on the banks. They
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  Speaker 1: shouted to the boats to come to shore, and as
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  Speaker 1: no attention was paid, some of them at once opened fire.
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  Speaker 1: The river was about a quarter of a mile wide,
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  Speaker 1: and although the shots splashed round them, the boats were
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  Speaker 1: not long in reaching the farther bank, but not unharmed,
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  Speaker 1: for Ben had dropped his paddle and fallen back in
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  Speaker 1: the boat. Is he badly hurt? Harry asked anxiously, as
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  Speaker 1: the canoes drew along side side each other near the bank,
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  Speaker 1: and Sam turned round to look at his comrade. He
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  Speaker 1: has finished his journey, Sam said, in a hoarse voice.
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  Speaker 1: He has gone down and a better mate and a
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  Speaker 1: truer heart I had never met. The ball has hit
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  Speaker 1: him in the middle of the forehead. It were to be,
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  Speaker 1: I guess, for it could only have been a chance
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  Speaker 1: shot at that distance. Exclamations of sorrow and fury broke
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  Speaker 1: from the others, and for a few minutes there was
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  Speaker 1: no thought of the Indians, whose bullets were still falling
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  Speaker 1: in the water for the most part short of the boats.
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  Speaker 1: A sharp tap on the side of Harry's canoe, followed
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  Speaker 1: by a jet of water, roused him. We mustn't stop here,
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  Speaker 1: Harry said, as Hunting Dog plugged the hole with a
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  Speaker 1: piece of dried meat. Or poor Ben won't be the
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  Speaker 1: only one. Let us have a shot first, Jerry said,
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  Speaker 1: Young Tom, do you take a shot with plumb center.
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  Speaker 1: It is about four hundred and fifty yards near as
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  Speaker 1: I can reckon, and she will carry pretty true that distance.
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  Speaker 1: We will give them a shot all round, Harry said
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  Speaker 1: as he took up his rifle. Six shots were discharged
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  Speaker 1: almost at the same moment. One of the Indians was
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  Speaker 1: seen to fall. The rest bounded away to a short
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  Speaker 1: distance from the bank. Then Hunting Dog, at a word
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  Speaker 1: from the Chief, stepped into the other canoe. Keeping close
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  Speaker 1: under the bank, they paddled down. The Indians had ceased
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  Speaker 1: firing and had disappeared at a run. What are they
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  Speaker 1: up to now, Chief? Going down to mouth of Canyon River?
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  Speaker 1: Sure to be narrow, Get there before us, wait, Jerry,
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  Speaker 1: Harry shouted to the other boat, which was some twenty
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  Speaker 1: yards ahead. The chief thinks they have gone to cut
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  Speaker 1: us off at the head of the canyon, which is
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  Speaker 1: likely enough. I don't suppose it is fifty yards wide there,
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  Speaker 1: and they will riddle us if we try to get
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  Speaker 1: through in daylight. We had better stop and have a
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  Speaker 1: meal and talk it over. The boats were rowed ashore,
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  Speaker 1: and the men landed and proceeded to light a fire
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  Speaker 1: as unconcernedly as if no danger threatened them. Ben's death
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  Speaker 1: had cast a heavy gloom over them, and but few
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  Speaker 1: words were spoken until the meal was cooked and eaten.
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  Speaker 1: It is a dog gone bad business, Jerry said. I
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  Speaker 1: don't say at night, as we mayn't get past them
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  Speaker 1: without being hit. But to go rushing into one of
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  Speaker 1: those canyons in the dark would be as bad as
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  Speaker 1: standin there fire, if not worse. The question is could
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  Speaker 1: we leave the boats and strike across. We would not
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  Speaker 1: strike across this side anyhow, Harry said. There are no
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  Speaker 1: settlements west of the Colorado. We know nothing of the country,
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  Speaker 1: and it is a hundred to one we should all
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  Speaker 1: die of thirst, even if we could carry enough grub
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  Speaker 1: to last us. If we land at all, it must
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  Speaker 1: be on the other side, and then we could not
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  Speaker 1: reckon on striking a settlement short of two hundred miles
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  Speaker 1: and two hundred miles across a country like this would
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  Speaker 1: be almost certain death. As the Navajoes have ridden down, Harry,
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  Speaker 1: there must be water I reckon. They came down that
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  Speaker 1: canyon opposite Navajo on track in morning, the chief said, quietly.
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  Speaker 1: When they see we not go down river, look for boat,
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  Speaker 1: find where we land, and take up trail canyon, very
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  Speaker 1: plain road. Some go up there straight, take all our scalps.
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  Speaker 1: No one spoke for a moment or two. What the
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  Speaker 1: Seneca said was so evident to them that it was
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  Speaker 1: useless to argue. Well, Chief, what do you advise yourself?
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  Speaker 1: Harry asked at length. Not possible go on foot, Harry, country,
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  Speaker 1: all rocks and canyons, cannot get through, cannot get water.
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  Speaker 1: Trouble with Navajos too, only chance get down in boat tonight,
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  Speaker 1: keep close under this bank. Perhaps Indians not see us
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  Speaker 1: night dark. Do you think they can cross over to
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  Speaker 1: this side? Yes, got canoe, two canoes in village, leaping horse,
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  Speaker 1: saw them on bank. When it gets dark, cross over.
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  Speaker 1: We will get a start of them, Harry said, directly
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  Speaker 1: it is dark. We can be off too. The shore
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  Speaker 1: is everywhere higher than our heads as we sit in
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  Speaker 1: the canoes, and we can paddle in the shadow without
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  Speaker 1: being seen by them on the other side. While they
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  Speaker 1: won't venture to cross till it is pitch dark. As
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  Speaker 1: the stream runs something like three miles an hour, I
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  Speaker 1: reckon that they are hardly likely to catch us. As
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  Speaker 1: for the rapids, they don't often begin until you are
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  Speaker 1: some little distance in. At any rate, we shall not
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  Speaker 1: have to go far, for the Redskins will not dare
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  Speaker 1: to enter the canyon, so we can tie up till morning.
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  Speaker 1: As soon as we are a short distance in. We've
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  Speaker 1: got to run the gauntlet of their fire, But after all,
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  Speaker 1: that is better than taking our chances by leaving the boats.
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  Speaker 1: If we lie down when we get near them, they
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  Speaker 1: may not see us at all, but if they do,
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  Speaker 1: a very few strokes will send us past them. At
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  Speaker 1: any rate, there seems less risk in that plan than
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  Speaker 1: any other. The others agreed. Now, boys, let us dig
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  Speaker 1: a grave, he went on as soon as the point
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  Speaker 1: was settled. It is a sort of clay here, and
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  Speaker 1: we can manage it, and it is not likely we
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  Speaker 1: shall find any place when we are once in the
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  Speaker 1: canyon where we can do it. They had neither picks
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  Speaker 1: nor shovels with them, for their mining tools had been
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  Speaker 1: left at the spot where they were at work. But
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  Speaker 1: with their axes and knives they dug a shallow grave,
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  Speaker 1: laid Ben's body in it, covered it up, and then
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  Speaker 1: rolled a number of boulders over it. Ben's death affected
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  Speaker 1: Tom greatly. They had lived together and gone through many
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  Speaker 1: perils and risks for nearly a year, and none had
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  Speaker 1: shown more unflagging good humor throughout than the man who
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  Speaker 1: had been killed. That the boats might upset and all
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  Speaker 1: might perish together was a thought that had often occurred
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  Speaker 1: to him as they had made their way down the river,
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  Speaker 1: but that one should be cut off like this had
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  Speaker 1: never once been contemplated by him. Their lives, from the
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  Speaker 1: hour they met on the Big Wind River had seemed
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  Speaker 1: bound up together, and this sudden loss of one of
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  Speaker 1: the party affected him greatly. The others went about their
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  Speaker 1: works silently and sadly, but they had been so accustomed
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  Speaker 1: to see life lost in sudden phrase, and in one
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  Speaker 1: or other of the many dangers that miners and hunters
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  Speaker 1: are exposed to that it did not affect them to
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  Speaker 1: the same extent as it did Tom, except two or
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  Speaker 1: three men who remained on watch on the opposite bank,
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  Speaker 1: though carefully keeping out of rifle range. They saw no
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  Speaker 1: signs of the Navajos during the day. As soon as
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  Speaker 1: it became so dark that they were sure their movements
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  Speaker 1: could not be seen from the other side, they silently
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  Speaker 1: took their places in the boats and pushed off into
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  Speaker 1: the current. For a quarter of an hour they lay
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  Speaker 1: in the canoes, then, at a signal from Harry, knelt up,
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  Speaker 1: took their paddles and began to row, very quietly and cautiously.
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  Speaker 1: The necessity for dropping their paddles noiselessly into the water,
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  Speaker 1: and for avoiding any splashing having been impressed on all
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  Speaker 1: before starting. There's no occasion for haste, Harry said, Long
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  Speaker 1: and gentle strokes of the paddle will take us down
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  Speaker 1: as fast as we need to go. If those fellows
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  Speaker 1: do cross over, as I expect they will, they will
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  Speaker 1: find it difficult to travel over the rocks in the
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  Speaker 1: dark as fast as we are going now, And there
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  Speaker 1: is no fear whatever of their catching us. If we
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  Speaker 1: go on steadily. After an hour's rowing, they could make
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  Speaker 1: out a dark mass rising like a wall in front
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  Speaker 1: of them, and Harry passed the word back to the
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  Speaker 1: other canoe, which was just behind them, that they should
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  Speaker 1: now cease paddling, only giving a stroke occasionally to keep
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  Speaker 1: the head of the canoe straight and to prevent the
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  Speaker 1: boat from drifting out from under the shelter of the bank.
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  Speaker 1: In the stillness of the night, they could hear a
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  Speaker 1: low roaring and knew that it was caused by a
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  Speaker 1: rapid in the canyon ahead. Higher and higher rose the
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  Speaker 1: wall of rock, blotting out the stars in front of them,
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  Speaker 1: till the darkness seemed to spread halfway over the sky.
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  Speaker 1: They could see that the boat was passing the shore
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  Speaker 1: more rapidly as the river accelerated its course before rushing
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  Speaker 1: into the gorge. Suddenly there was a shout on the right,
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  Speaker 1: so close that Tom was startled. Then there was a
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  Speaker 1: rifle shot, and a moment later a wild outburst of
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  Speaker 1: yells and a dozen other shots. At the first shout,
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  Speaker 1: the paddles dipped into the water, and at racing speed,
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  Speaker 1: the boats shot along. Eight or ten more rifle shots
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  Speaker 1: were fired each farther behind them. Anyone hurt Harry asked,
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  Speaker 1: there was a general negative. I don't believe they really
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  Speaker 1: saw us, Harry said. The first fellow may have caught
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  Speaker 1: sight of us, but I expect the others fired merely
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  Speaker 1: at random. Now let us row in and fasten up.
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  Speaker 1: For judging from that roaring, there must be a big
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  Speaker 1: rapid close ahead. The boats were soon fastened up against
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  Speaker 1: the rocks, and the Chief stepped ashore, saying, leaping horse
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  Speaker 1: and hunting dog will watch Navajos make come down here.
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  Speaker 1: Don't think they will be brave enough to enter canyon
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  Speaker 1: too dark to see. Still, better watch just as you like, Chief,
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  Speaker 1: Harry said, But I have no belief that they will
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  Speaker 1: come down here in the dark. It would be as
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  Speaker 1: much as they would dare to do in broad daylight. Besides,
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  Speaker 1: these rocks are steepish climbing anyway, and I should not
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  Speaker 1: like myself to try to get over them when it
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  Speaker 1: is so dark that I can't see my own hand
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  Speaker 1: except by putting it up between my eyes and the stars.
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  Speaker 1: If it was not for that, Jerry said, I would
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  Speaker 1: crawl along to the mouth and see if I couldn't
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  Speaker 1: get a shot at them. Barman, on the other side,
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  Speaker 1: you would not find him there. Jerry, you may be
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  Speaker 1: sure that when they saw us go through, they would
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  Speaker 1: know it was of no use waiting there any longer.
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  Speaker 1: They would flatter themselves that they had hit some of us,
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  Speaker 1: and even if they hadn't, it would not seem to
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  Speaker 1: matter assent to them, as the evil spirit of the
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  Speaker 1: canyon would surely swallow us up. Well, they have been
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  Speaker 1: wrong in their first supposition, Uncle Tom said, and I
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  Speaker 1: hope they will be equally wrong in the second. I
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  Speaker 1: hope so, Tom. Now we may as well go to sleep.
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  Speaker 1: As soon as there is any light. We must explore
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  Speaker 1: as far as we can go, for by the noise ahead,
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  Speaker 1: it must be either a fall or a desperately bad rapid.
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  Speaker 1: When daylight broke, the Whites found hunting dogs sitting with
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  Speaker 1: his rifle across his knees on a rock above them.
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  Speaker 1: Where is the chief, Harry asked him. Leaping horse went
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  Speaker 1: up to the rocks to see if Navajos have gone
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  Speaker 1: very well, tell him when he comes back. We have
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  Speaker 1: gone down to have a look at the rapid. Tom,
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  Speaker 1: you may as well stay here. There is plenty of
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  Speaker 1: driftwood among those rocks, and we will breakfast before we
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  Speaker 1: start down, I reckon, we shall not have much time
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  Speaker 1: for anything of that sort after we are once all
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  Speaker 1: Tom was by no means sorry to be saved a
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  Speaker 1: heavy clime. He collected some wood and broke it up
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  Speaker 1: into suitable pieces that at the suggestion of hunting dog,
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  Speaker 1: waited for the chief's return before lighting it. The chief
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  Speaker 1: came down in a few minutes. Nabahole's all gone, he
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  Speaker 1: said briefly. Then I can light a fire. Chief leaping
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  Speaker 1: horse nodded, and Tom took out the tightly fitting tin
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  Speaker 1: box in which he kept his matches. Each of the
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  Speaker 1: party carried a box, and to secure against the possibility
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  Speaker 1: of the matches being injured by the water in case
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  Speaker 1: of a capsize, the boxes were kept in deers bladders
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  Speaker 1: tightly tight at the mouth. The fire was just alight
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  Speaker 1: when the others returned. It is better ahead than we expected,
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  Speaker 1: Harry said. The noise was caused by the echo from
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  Speaker 1: the smooth faces of the rocks. It is lucky we
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  Speaker 1: hauled in here last night, for these rocks end fifty
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  Speaker 1: yards on and as far as we can see down,
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  Speaker 1: the water washes the foot of the wall on both sides.
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  Speaker 1: We were able to climb up from them onto a
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  Speaker 1: narrow ledge parallel with the water, and went on to
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  Speaker 1: the next turn. But there was no change in the
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  Speaker 1: character the river, so we shall make a fair start anyway.
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  Speaker 1: More wood was put on the fire, and in a
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  Speaker 1: quarter of an hour the kettle was boiling and slices
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  Speaker 1: of meat cooked. Half an hour later they took their
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  Speaker 1: places in the canoes and started. The canyon was similar
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  Speaker 1: to the one they had last passed. The walls were
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  Speaker 1: steep and high, but with irregular shelves running along them.
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  Speaker 1: Above these were steep slopes running up to the foot
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  Speaker 1: of smooth, perpendicular cliffs of limestone. The stream was very rapid,
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  Speaker 1: and they calculated that in the first half hour they
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  Speaker 1: must have run six miles. Here the walls were ceded
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  Speaker 1: to a distance. The ledges of rock and hills of
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  Speaker 1: considerable heights intervened between the river and the cliffs. They
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  Speaker 1: checked the pace of their canoes just as they reached
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  Speaker 1: this opening, for a deep roar told of danger ahead. Fortunately,
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  Speaker 1: there were rocks where they were able to disembark, and
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  Speaker 1: a short way below they found that a natural dam
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  Speaker 1: extended across the river. There has been an eruption of
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  Speaker 1: trap here, Harry said, looking at the black rock on
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  Speaker 1: either side, there has been a fissure, I suppose, and
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  Speaker 1: the lava was squeezed up through it. You see the
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  Speaker 1: river has cut a path for itself, some hundreds of
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  Speaker 1: feet deep. It must have taken countless ages Tom to
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  Speaker 1: have done the work over this dam. The water flowed
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  Speaker 1: swiftly and smoothly, and then shot down in a fall
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  Speaker 1: six feet high. Below for a distance of two or
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  Speaker 1: three hundred yards was a furious rapid, the water running
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  Speaker 1: among black rocks with considerable difficulty. They made a portage
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  Speaker 1: of the boats and stores to the lower end of
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  Speaker 1: the rapid. This transit occupied several hours, and they then
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  Speaker 1: proceeded on their way. Five more miles were passed. Several
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  Speaker 1: times the boats were brought to the bank in order
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  Speaker 1: that falls ahead might be examined. These proved to be
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  Speaker 1: not too high to shoot, and the boats paddled over them.
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  Speaker 1: When they had first taken to the river, they would
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  Speaker 1: never have dreamt of shooting such falls. But they had
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  Speaker 1: now become so expert in the management of the boats,
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  Speaker 1: and so competent in their buoyancy, that the dangers which
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  Speaker 1: would then have appalled them were now faced without uneasiness.
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  Speaker 1: They now came to a long rapid presenting so many
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  Speaker 1: dangers that they deemed it advisable to let down the
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  Speaker 1: boats by lines. Again embarking, they found that the wall
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  Speaker 1: of rocks closed in, and they entered a narrow gorge
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  Speaker 1: through which the river ran with great swiftness, touching the
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  Speaker 1: walls on each side. Great care was needed to prevent
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  Speaker 1: the boats being dashed against the rock, but they succeeded
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  Speaker 1: in keeping them fairly in the middle of the stream.
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  Speaker 1: After traveling four miles through this gorge, it opened somewhat,
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  Speaker 1: and on one side was a strip of sand. We
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  Speaker 1: will land there, Harry said. It looks to me like
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  Speaker 1: granite head, and if it is, we are in for
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  Speaker 1: bad time. Sure. The boats were soon pulled up, and
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  Speaker 1: they proceeded to examine the cliffs below. Hitherto, the danger
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  Speaker 1: had been in almost exact proportion to the hardness of
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  Speaker 1: the rock, and as they were entering a far harder
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  Speaker 1: rock than they had before, encountered greater difficulties than those
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  Speaker 1: they had surmounted were to be expected. They could not
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  Speaker 1: see a long distance down, but what they saw was
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  Speaker 1: enough to justify their worst anticipations. The canyon was narrower
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  Speaker 1: than any they had traversed, and the currents extremely swift.
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  Speaker 1: There seemed but few broken rocks in the channel, but
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  Speaker 1: on either side the walls jutted out in sharp angles
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  Speaker 1: far into the river, with crags and pinnacles. Well, it
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  Speaker 1: is of no use looking at it, Jerry said, after
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  Speaker 1: a pause. It is certain we can't get along the sides,
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  Speaker 1: so there is nothing to do but go straight at it,
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  Speaker 1: and the sooner it is over, the better. Accordingly, they
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  Speaker 1: returned to the boats and soon darted at the speed
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  Speaker 1: of an arrow into the race. Bad as it was
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  Speaker 1: at starting, it speedily became worse. Ledges, pinnacles, and towers
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  Speaker 1: of rock rose above the surface of the stream, breaking
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  Speaker 1: it into falls and whirlpools. Every moment. It seemed to
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  Speaker 1: Tom that the boat must inevitably be dashed to pieces
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  Speaker 1: against one of these obstructions. For the light boats were
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  Speaker 1: whirled about like a feather on the torrent, and the
• 18:18
  Speaker 1: paddlers could do but little to guide their course. The
• 18:22
  Speaker 1: very strength of the torrent, however, saved them from destruction.
• 18:25
  Speaker 1: The whirl from the rocks sweeping the boat's head aside
• 18:28
  Speaker 1: when within a few feet of them and driving it
• 18:31
  Speaker 1: past the danger before they had time to realize that
• 18:34
  Speaker 1: they had escaped wreck. Half an hour of this and
• 18:37
  Speaker 1: a side canyon came in. Down this, a vast quantity
• 18:41
  Speaker 1: of boulders had been swept, forming a dam across the river,
• 18:45
  Speaker 1: but they managed to paddle into an eddy at the
• 18:48
  Speaker 1: side and to make a portage of the boats to
• 18:50
  Speaker 1: the water below the dam, over which there was a
• 18:53
  Speaker 1: fall of from thirty to forty feet high. Three more
• 18:58
  Speaker 1: similar dams were met, with over one the canoes were carried,
• 19:03
  Speaker 1: but on the others there was a break in the
• 19:05
  Speaker 1: boulder wall and they were able to shoot the falls.
• 19:08
  Speaker 1: After three days of incessant labor, they heard soon after
• 19:12
  Speaker 1: starting from their last halting place a roar even louder
• 19:17
  Speaker 1: and more menacing than they had yet experienced. Cautiously, they
• 19:21
  Speaker 1: got as close as possible to the side, and, paddling
• 19:24
  Speaker 1: against the stream, were able to effect a landing just
• 19:27
  Speaker 1: above the rapid. On examining it, they found that it
• 19:31
  Speaker 1: was nearly half a mile long, and in this distance
• 19:34
  Speaker 1: the water made a fall of some eighty feet, the
• 19:37
  Speaker 1: stream being broken everywhere with ledges and jagged rocks, among
• 19:42
  Speaker 1: which the waves lashed themselves into a white foam. It
• 19:46
  Speaker 1: seemed madness to attempt such a descent, and they agreed
• 19:50
  Speaker 1: that at any rate they would halt for the day.
• 19:53
  Speaker 1: The rocks through which the canyon ran were fully a
• 19:55
  Speaker 1: thousand feet high, but they decided that great as the
• 19:58
  Speaker 1: labor might be, it will be better to make a portage,
• 20:02
  Speaker 1: if possible, rather than descend the cataract. There is a
• 20:06
  Speaker 1: gulch here running up on to the hill, Tom said
• 20:09
  Speaker 1: Hunting Dog, and I will start at once and see
• 20:11
  Speaker 1: if it is possible to get up it, and if so,
• 20:13
  Speaker 1: how far it is to a place where we can
• 20:16
  Speaker 1: get down again. Harry assented, Leaping Horse without a word,
• 20:20
  Speaker 1: joined the explorers, and they set off up the gulch.
• 20:24
  Speaker 1: It was found that the ravine was steep, but not
• 20:27
  Speaker 1: too steep to climb. When they were nearly at the top,
• 20:30
  Speaker 1: Hunting Dog pointed to the hill side above them, and
• 20:34
  Speaker 1: they saw a big horn standing at the edge of
• 20:36
  Speaker 1: the rock. The three fired their rifles simultaneously, and the
• 20:40
  Speaker 1: wild sheep made a spring into the air, and then
• 20:43
  Speaker 1: came tumbling down the side of the ravine as fresh
• 20:47
  Speaker 1: meat was beginning to run short. This was a stroke
• 20:49
  Speaker 1: of good fortune, and after reloading their guns, they proceeded
• 20:53
  Speaker 1: up the ravine until they reached the crest of the hill.
• 20:57
  Speaker 1: The soil was disintegrated, granite and tough. Some short grass
• 21:01
  Speaker 1: grew here and there After walking about a mile parallel
• 21:05
  Speaker 1: to the course of the river, they found that the
• 21:07
  Speaker 1: ground descended again, and without much difficulty, made their way
• 21:11
  Speaker 1: down until they reached the foot of a little valley.
• 21:14
  Speaker 1: Following this they were soon standing by the side of
• 21:17
  Speaker 1: the river. Above, its surface was as closely studded with
• 21:21
  Speaker 1: rocks as was the upper cataract. Below there was another
• 21:25
  Speaker 1: fall that looked impracticable, except that it seemed possible to
• 21:28
  Speaker 1: pass along in the rocks by the side. It was
• 21:31
  Speaker 1: getting dark by the time they rejoined their comrades. Your
• 21:35
  Speaker 1: report is not a very cheerful one, Harry said, But
• 21:38
  Speaker 1: at any rate, there seems nothing else to be done
• 21:41
  Speaker 1: than to make the portage. The meat you have got
• 21:44
  Speaker 1: for us will restock our larger, and as it is
• 21:46
  Speaker 1: up there, we shan't have the trouble of carrying it over.
• 21:50
  Speaker 1: The next day was a laborious one. One by one
• 21:54
  Speaker 1: the canoes were carried over, but the operation took them
• 21:57
  Speaker 1: from daybreak till dark the next morning. Warning, another journey
• 22:01
  Speaker 1: was made to bring over the rugs and stores, and
• 22:04
  Speaker 1: they were able, in addition to these, to carry down
• 22:06
  Speaker 1: the carcass of the sheep, after first skinning it and
• 22:09
  Speaker 1: cutting off the head with its great horns. Nothing was
• 22:13
  Speaker 1: done for the rest of the day beyond trying whether
• 22:16
  Speaker 1: another portage could be made. This was found to be impracticable,
• 22:21
  Speaker 1: and there was nothing for them but to attempt the descent.
• 22:24
  Speaker 1: They breakfasted as soon as day broke, carried the boats
• 22:28
  Speaker 1: down over the boulder dam with which the rapids commenced,
• 22:31
  Speaker 1: and put them into the water for some little distance.
• 22:35
  Speaker 1: They were able to let them down by ropes. Then
• 22:37
  Speaker 1: the rocks at the foot of the cliffs came to
• 22:39
  Speaker 1: an end. Fortunately, the seven lariats furnished them with a
• 22:44
  Speaker 1: considerable length of line, and in addition to these, the
• 22:48
  Speaker 1: two Indians had, on their way down plaited a considerable
• 22:51
  Speaker 1: length of rope with thongs cut from the skins of
• 22:54
  Speaker 1: the animals they had killed. The total available amount of
• 22:57
  Speaker 1: rope was now divided into two lengths, the aara ends
• 23:00
  Speaker 1: being fastened to each canoe. One of the boats with
• 23:03
  Speaker 1: its crew on board was lowered to a point where
• 23:06
  Speaker 1: the men were able to get a foothold on the ledge.
• 23:10
  Speaker 1: As soon as they had done so, the other boat
• 23:12
  Speaker 1: dropped down to them, and the ropes were played out
• 23:15
  Speaker 1: until they were in turn enabled to get a footing
• 23:17
  Speaker 1: on a similar ledge or jutting rock, sometimes so narrow
• 23:21
  Speaker 1: that but one man was able to stand, so alternately
• 23:25
  Speaker 1: the boats were let down. Sometimes, when no foothold could
• 23:29
  Speaker 1: be obtained on the rock wall, the pinnacles and ledges
• 23:32
  Speaker 1: in the stream were utilized. All the work had to
• 23:36
  Speaker 1: be done by gesture, for the thunder of the waters
• 23:38
  Speaker 1: was so tremendous that the loudest shout could not be
• 23:41
  Speaker 1: heard a few yards away. Hour passed after hour. Their
• 23:46
  Speaker 1: progress was extremely slow, as each step had to be
• 23:50
  Speaker 1: closely considered and carried out with the greatest care. At last,
• 23:55
  Speaker 1: a terrible accident happened. Harry, leaping Horse and Tom were
• 23:59
  Speaker 1: on a ledge. Below them was a fall of three feet,
• 24:03
  Speaker 1: and in the foaming stream below it rose several jagged rocks.
• 24:07
  Speaker 1: Jerry's canoe was got safely down the fall, but in
• 24:10
  Speaker 1: spite of the efforts of the rowers, was carried against
• 24:13
  Speaker 1: the outer side of one of these rocks. They made
• 24:15
  Speaker 1: a great effort to turn the boat's head into the
• 24:18
  Speaker 1: eddy behind it, but as the line touched the rock,
• 24:21
  Speaker 1: its sharp edge severed the rope like a knife, and
• 24:24
  Speaker 1: the boat shot away down the rapid. Those on the
• 24:27
  Speaker 1: ledge watched it with breathless anxiety. Two or three dangers
• 24:32
  Speaker 1: were safely passed. Then, to their horror they saw the
• 24:35
  Speaker 1: head of the canoe rise suddenly as it ran up
• 24:38
  Speaker 1: a sunken ledge just under the water, and instant later
• 24:42
  Speaker 1: the stern swept round, bringing her broadside on to the stream,
• 24:46
  Speaker 1: and she at once capsized. Quick Harry exclaimed, we must
• 24:50
  Speaker 1: go to their rescue. Keep close to the wall, Chief,
• 24:53
  Speaker 1: till we see signs of them. It is safest close in.
• 24:57
  Speaker 1: In an instant they were in their places, and as
• 25:00
  Speaker 1: they released the canoe, she shot in a moment over
• 25:02
  Speaker 1: the fall for a short distance. They kept her close
• 25:06
  Speaker 1: to the side, but a projecting ledge threw the current
• 25:09
  Speaker 1: sharply outwards, and the canoe shot out into the full
• 25:12
  Speaker 1: force of the rapid. The Chief knelt up in the bow,
• 25:16
  Speaker 1: paddle in hand, keeping a vigilant eye for rocks and
• 25:19
  Speaker 1: ledges ahead, and often with a sharp stroke of the paddle,
• 25:23
  Speaker 1: seconded by the effort of Harry in the stern, sweeping
• 25:26
  Speaker 1: her aside. Just when Tom thought her destruction inevitable. Now
• 25:30
  Speaker 1: she went headlong down a fall, then was caught by
• 25:33
  Speaker 1: an eddy, and was whirled round and round three or
• 25:36
  Speaker 1: four times before the efforts of the paddlers could take
• 25:39
  Speaker 1: her beyond its influence. Suddenly a cry came to their ears,
• 25:44
  Speaker 1: just as they approached a rocky ledge some thirty feet
• 25:46
  Speaker 1: long and showing a saw like edge of foot above
• 25:50
  Speaker 1: the water. The chief gave a shout and struck his
• 25:53
  Speaker 1: paddle into the water behind the rock. Tom behind the rock,
• 25:57
  Speaker 1: Harry exclaimed, as he swept the stern ride. Tom paddled
• 26:01
  Speaker 1: with all his might, and the canoe headed up stream quickly.
• 26:05
  Speaker 1: As the movement was done, the boat was some twelve
• 26:08
  Speaker 1: yards below the rock as she came round, with her
• 26:10
  Speaker 1: nose just in the lower edge of the eddy behind it,
• 26:13
  Speaker 1: while from either side the current closed in on her.
• 26:17
  Speaker 1: Straining every nerve, the three paddlers worked as for life.
• 26:20
  Speaker 1: At first, Tom thought that the glancing waters would sweep
• 26:23
  Speaker 1: her down, but inch by inch they gained and drove
• 26:27
  Speaker 1: the boat forward from the grasp of the current into
• 26:30
  Speaker 1: the back Eddy until suddenly, as if released from a vice,
• 26:33
  Speaker 1: she sprang forward. Never in his life had Tom exerted
• 26:37
  Speaker 1: himself so greatly. His eyes were fixed on the rock
• 26:41
  Speaker 1: in front of him, where Hunting Dog was clinging with
• 26:43
  Speaker 1: one hand, while with the other he supported Jerry's head
• 26:47
  Speaker 1: above the water. He gave a shout of joy as
• 26:49
  Speaker 1: the Chief swept the head of the canoe round just
• 26:52
  Speaker 1: as it touched the rock, and laid her broadside to it.
• 26:56
  Speaker 1: Stick your paddle between two points of the rock, Tom
• 26:59
  Speaker 1: Harry shouted. While the Chief and I get them in.
• 27:03
  Speaker 1: Sit well over on the other side of the boat
• 27:06
  Speaker 1: with considerable difficulty. Jerry, who was insensible, was lifted into
• 27:10
  Speaker 1: the boat. As soon as he was laid down. Hunting
• 27:13
  Speaker 1: Dog made his way hand over hand on the gunwale
• 27:17
  Speaker 1: until close to the stern, where he swung himself into
• 27:20
  Speaker 1: the boat without difficulty. Have you seen, Sam, Harry asked
• 27:25
  Speaker 1: the young Indian. Shook his head. Sam, one side of
• 27:28
  Speaker 1: the boat, he said, Jerry and Hunting Dog. The other
• 27:32
  Speaker 1: boat went down that chute between those rocks above, only
• 27:35
  Speaker 1: just room for it. Jerry was knocked off by rock.
• 27:39
  Speaker 1: Hunting Dog was near the stern. There was room for him.
• 27:43
  Speaker 1: He caught Jerry's hunting shirt, but could not hold on
• 27:45
  Speaker 1: to boat when came down. Here may jump a corner
• 27:49
  Speaker 1: of rock. Could not hold on, but current swept him
• 27:52
  Speaker 1: into Eddy. Then swam here and held on and kept calling.
• 27:57
  Speaker 1: Knew his brothers would come down soon. Here is a
• 28:02
  Speaker 1: spare paddle, Harry said, as he pulled one out from
• 28:04
  Speaker 1: below the network. There is not a moment to lose.
• 28:08
  Speaker 1: Keep your eyes open, Chief, Again, the boat moved down
• 28:12
  Speaker 1: the stream with four paddles going. The steersman had somewhat
• 28:15
  Speaker 1: more control over her, but as she flew down the
• 28:18
  Speaker 1: seething water, glanced past rocks and sprang over falls, Tom
• 28:23
  Speaker 1: expected her to capsize every moment. At last he saw
• 28:27
  Speaker 1: below them a stretch of quiet water, and two or
• 28:30
  Speaker 1: three minutes later they were floating upon it, and, as
• 28:33
  Speaker 1: if by a common impulse, all ceased rowing. Thanks be
• 28:39
  Speaker 1: to God for having preserved us, Harry said, reverently. We
• 28:43
  Speaker 1: are half full of water. Another five minutes of that
• 28:46
  Speaker 1: work and it would have been all over with us.
• 28:48
  Speaker 1: Do you see any signs of the canoe chief? The
• 28:51
  Speaker 1: Chief pointed to a ledge of rock extending out into
• 28:55
  Speaker 1: the stream. Canoe there, he said. They paddled across to it.
• 29:00
  Speaker 1: After what the young Indian had said, they had no
• 29:02
  Speaker 1: hopes of finding Sam with it. But Harry gave a
• 29:05
  Speaker 1: deep sigh as he stepped out on to the ledge.
• 29:09
  Speaker 1: Another gone, He said, how many of us will get
• 29:12
  Speaker 1: through this place alive? Let us carry Jerry ashore. There
• 29:18
  Speaker 1: was a patch of sand swept up by the eddy
• 29:20
  Speaker 1: below the rock, and here Jerry was taken out and
• 29:22
  Speaker 1: laid down. He moaned as they lifted him. Easy with him,
• 29:27
  Speaker 1: Harry said, steady with that arm. I think he has
• 29:30
  Speaker 1: a shoulder broken, as well as this knock on the
• 29:33
  Speaker 1: head that has stunned him. As soon as he was
• 29:36
  Speaker 1: laid down, Harry cut open his shirt on the shoulder broken,
• 29:39
  Speaker 1: he said shortly. Now, Chief, I know that you are
• 29:43
  Speaker 1: a good hand at this sort of thing. How had
• 29:46
  Speaker 1: this better be bandaged? Want something soft first? Tom ran
• 29:51
  Speaker 1: to the canoe, brought out the little canvas sack in
• 29:54
  Speaker 1: which he carried his spare flannel shirt, and brought it
• 29:57
  Speaker 1: to the chief. The latter tore off a piece of
• 30:00
  Speaker 1: stuff and rolled it into a wad. Want two pieces
• 30:03
  Speaker 1: of wood, he said, holding his hands about a foot
• 30:06
  Speaker 1: apart to show the length he required. Harry fetched the
• 30:09
  Speaker 1: spare paddle and split a strip off each side of
• 30:12
  Speaker 1: the blade. The chief k nodded as he took them. Good,
• 30:15
  Speaker 1: he said. He tore off two more strips of flannel
• 30:19
  Speaker 1: and wrapped them round the splints. Then, with Harry's aid,
• 30:22
  Speaker 1: he placed the shoulder in its natural position, laid the
• 30:25
  Speaker 1: wad of flannel on the top of it, and over
• 30:28
  Speaker 1: this put the two splints. The hole was kept in
• 30:31
  Speaker 1: its place by flannel bandages, and the arm was fastened
• 30:35
  Speaker 1: firmly across the body so that it could not be moved.
• 30:38
  Speaker 1: Then the little keg of brandy was brought out of
• 30:41
  Speaker 1: the canoe, a spoonful poured into the pannikin with half
• 30:44
  Speaker 1: as much water, and allowed to trickle between Jerry's lips,
• 30:49
  Speaker 1: while a wad of wet flannel was placed on his head.
• 30:53
  Speaker 1: There is nothing more we can do for him at present,
• 30:55
  Speaker 1: Harry said. Now we will right the other boat and
• 30:59
  Speaker 1: get all the things out. Three or four pounds of
• 31:02
  Speaker 1: flour were found to be completely soaked with water, but
• 31:06
  Speaker 1: the main store was safe as the bag was sewn
• 31:09
  Speaker 1: up in bear skin. This was only opened occasionally to
• 31:12
  Speaker 1: take out two or three days supply, and then carefully
• 31:16
  Speaker 1: closed again on landing. Hunting dog had at once started
• 31:20
  Speaker 1: in search of driftwood, and by this time a fire
• 31:23
  Speaker 1: was blazing. A piece of bear's fat was placed in
• 31:26
  Speaker 1: the frying pan, and the wetted flour was at once
• 31:29
  Speaker 1: fried into thin cakes, which were tough and tasteless. But
• 31:33
  Speaker 1: the supply was too precious to allow of an ounce
• 31:36
  Speaker 1: being wasted. Some slices of the flesh of the big
• 31:39
  Speaker 1: horn were cooked. What is my white brother going to do,
• 31:43
  Speaker 1: the chief asked Harry. There is nothing to do that
• 31:46
  Speaker 1: I can see, Chief, but to keep on pegging away.
• 31:50
  Speaker 1: We agreed that it would be almost impossible to find
• 31:52
  Speaker 1: our way over these barren mountains. That is not to
• 31:56
  Speaker 1: be thought of. Now that one of our number cannot walk,
• 31:59
  Speaker 1: there is no choreis left. We have got to go
• 32:01
  Speaker 1: on leaping horse. Understand that the chief said, he meant,
• 32:07
  Speaker 1: would you take both canoes. One is big enough to
• 32:09
  Speaker 1: take five, quite big enough, Chief, But it would be
• 32:13
  Speaker 1: deeper in the water, and the heavier it is, the
• 32:16
  Speaker 1: harder it will bump against any rocket meets. The lighter
• 32:19
  Speaker 1: they are, the better. You see this other canoe, which
• 32:23
  Speaker 1: I dare say struck a dozen times on its way down,
• 32:26
  Speaker 1: shows no sign of damage except the two rints in
• 32:28
  Speaker 1: the skin that we can mend in a few minutes.
• 32:32
  Speaker 1: Another thing is two boats are absolutely necessary for this
• 32:36
  Speaker 1: work of letting down by ropes, of which we may
• 32:39
  Speaker 1: expect plenty more. If we had only one, we should
• 32:42
  Speaker 1: be obliged to run every rapid. The only extra trouble
• 32:46
  Speaker 1: that it will give us is at the portages. I
• 32:49
  Speaker 1: think we had better stay here for two or three
• 32:51
  Speaker 1: days so as to give Jerry a chance of coming round.
• 32:55
  Speaker 1: No doubt we could carry him over the portages, just
• 32:58
  Speaker 1: as we can carry the boats. But after such a
• 33:00
  Speaker 1: knock on the head as he has had, it is
• 33:03
  Speaker 1: best he should be kept quiet for a bit. If
• 33:06
  Speaker 1: his skull is not cracked, he won't be long in
• 33:09
  Speaker 1: getting round. He is as hard as nails, and will
• 33:12
  Speaker 1: pull round in the tenth of the time it would
• 33:14
  Speaker 1: take a man in the towns to get over such
• 33:16
  Speaker 1: a knock. It is a pity the halt is not
• 33:19
  Speaker 1: in a better place. There is not a shadow of
• 33:22
  Speaker 1: a chance of finding game among these crags and bare rocks.
• 33:26
  Speaker 1: From time to time fresh water was applied to the
• 33:29
  Speaker 1: water of flannel round Jerry's head. Is there any chance
• 33:32
  Speaker 1: do you think of finding poor Sam's body? The chief
• 33:36
  Speaker 1: shook his head. No shores where it could be washed up,
• 33:39
  Speaker 1: rocks tear it to pieces, or if it get in
• 33:42
  Speaker 1: an eddy might be there for weeks. No see Sam anymore.
• 33:47
  Speaker 1: The fire was kept blazing all night, and they took
• 33:49
  Speaker 1: it by turns to sit beside Jerry and to pour
• 33:52
  Speaker 1: occasionally a little brandy and water between his lips. As
• 33:56
  Speaker 1: the men were moving about preparing breakfast. The next morning,
• 34:00
  Speaker 1: Jerry suddenly opened his eyes. He looked at Tom, who
• 34:03
  Speaker 1: was sitting beside him. Time to get up, He asked,
• 34:08
  Speaker 1: why did you not wake me? And he made an
• 34:11
  Speaker 1: effort to move. Tom put his hand on him. Life still, Jerry.
• 34:16
  Speaker 1: You have had a knock on the head, but you
• 34:18
  Speaker 1: are all right now. The miner lay quiet, His eyes
• 34:22
  Speaker 1: wandered confusedly over the figures of the others who had
• 34:26
  Speaker 1: when they heard his voice, gathered round him. What in
• 34:29
  Speaker 1: the thunder is the matter with me? He asked? What
• 34:32
  Speaker 1: is this thing on my head? What is the matter
• 34:35
  Speaker 1: with my arm? I don't seem able to move it.
• 34:38
  Speaker 1: It is a knock you have had, Jerry, Harry said, cheerfully.
• 34:42
  Speaker 1: You have got a bump upon your head half as
• 34:44
  Speaker 1: big as a coco nut, and you have damaged your shoulder.
• 34:48
  Speaker 1: You've got a wet flannel on your head, and the
• 34:51
  Speaker 1: chief has bandage your arm. I expect your head will
• 34:54
  Speaker 1: be all right in a day or two, but I
• 34:57
  Speaker 1: reckon you won't be able to use your arm for
• 34:59
  Speaker 1: a bit. Jerry lay quiet without speaking for a few minutes.
• 35:03
  Speaker 1: Then he said, oh, I remember now we were capsized.
• 35:07
  Speaker 1: I had a hold of the canoe an I remember
• 35:09
  Speaker 1: seeing a rock just ahead. I supposed I knocked against it.
• 35:13
  Speaker 1: That was it, mate, hunting dog let go his hold.
• 35:16
  Speaker 1: An caught you and managed to get into an eddy
• 35:19
  Speaker 1: and cling to the rocks till we came down. An
• 35:21
  Speaker 1: took you on board. Jerry held out his hand to
• 35:25
  Speaker 1: the Indian. Thank'e, he said, I owe you one hunting dog.
• 35:30
  Speaker 1: If I ever get the chance, you can reckon on
• 35:32
  Speaker 1: me sure whatever it is. But where is Sam? Why
• 35:36
  Speaker 1: ain't he here? Sam has gone under? Mate? Harry replied
• 35:42
  Speaker 1: that shoote you went down was only just white enough
• 35:45
  Speaker 1: for the boat to go through, and no doubt he
• 35:47
  Speaker 1: was knocked off it at the same time as you were.
• 35:50
  Speaker 1: But as the Indian was on your side, he saw
• 35:53
  Speaker 1: nothing of sam I reckon. He sank at once, just
• 35:57
  Speaker 1: as you would have done if Hunting Dog hadn't been
• 35:59
  Speaker 1: behind you. Jerry made no reply, but as he lay
• 36:03
  Speaker 1: still with his eyes closed, some big tears made their
• 36:07
  Speaker 1: way through the lids and rolled down his bronzed face.
• 36:10
  Speaker 1: The others thought it best to leave him by himself,
• 36:13
  Speaker 1: and continued their preparations for breakfast. End of Chapter seventeen.