 | Samuel George Arnold - 1840 - 238 pages
...upon it, they found other perils still. " Before we were half over," says Washington in his journal, " we were jammed in the ice in such a manner that we expected even• moment our raft to sink and ourselves to perish. I put out my setting pole to try and stop... | |
 | Sherman Day - Pennsylvania - 1843 - 766 pages
...which we set abodk with but one poor hatchet, and finished just after sun-setting. This was a whole day's work : we next got it launched, then went on...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... | |
 | A. W. Patterson - Frontier and pioneer life - 1843 - 328 pages
...after sunsetting. .This was a whole day's work. We next got it launched, and went on board of it; then set off. But before we were half way over, we were...such a manner, that we expected every moment our raft would sink, and ourselves perish. I put out my settingpole to try to 'stop the raft," that the ice... | |
 | American literature - 1835 - 638 pages
...finished just after sunsetting. This was a whole day's work ; we next got it launched, then went on hoard of it, and set off; but before we were half way over,...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... | |
 | Horatio Hastings Weld - Presidents - 1845 - 250 pages
...whole day's work. We next launched it — then went on board and set off— - but before we were half over, we were jammed in the ice in such a manner that...ourselves to perish. 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... | |
 | Henry Howe - Virginia - 1845 - 562 pages
...after sunsetting. This waa a whole day's work. We next got it launched, and wont on board of it ; then set off. But, before we were half way over, we were...such a manner, that we expected every moment our raft would sink, and ourselves perish. I put out my setting-pole to try to stop the raft, that the ice might... | |
 | Henry Howe - Virginia - 1845 - 596 pages
...after sunsetting. This was a whole day's work. We next got it launched, and went on board of it ; then set off. But, before we were half way over, we were...jammed in the ice in such a manner, that we expected ever)' moment our raft would sink, and ourselves perish. I put out my setting-pole to try to stop the... | |
 | Jacob K. Neff - Military art and science - 1845 - 642 pages
...which we set about, with but one poor hatchet, and finished just after sun-setting. This was a whole day's work : we next got it launched, then went on board of it, and set off: but before we were half-way over, we were jammed in the ice in such a manner, that we expected every moment our raft to... | |
 | Israel Daniel Rupp - Indians of North America - 1846 - 788 pages
...which we set about, with but one poor hatohet, and finished just after sun setting. This was a whole day's work: we next got it launched, then went on...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... | |
 | Horatio Hastings Weld - Presidents - 1846 - 250 pages
...whole day's work. We next launched it — then went on board and set off — but before we were half over, we were jammed in the ice in such a manner that...ourselves to perish. 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... | |
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We next got it launched, then went on board of it and set off; but, before we were half way over, we were jammed in the ice in such a manner that we expected every moment our raft to sink, and ourselves to perish. 
