| Charles Hallowell Mitchener - Frontier and pioneer life - 1876 - 376 pages
...a whole day's work; we next got it launched, then went aboard and set off', but before we were half over we were jammed in the ice in such a manner that...raft to sink, and ourselves to perish. I put out my setting pole to try to stop the raft, when the rapidity of the streiim threw it with so much violence... | |
| Charles McKnight - American fiction - 1873 - 532 pages
...which we set about with but one poor hatchet, and finished just after eunsetting. 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 and stop the raft that the ice might pass by, when the rapidity of the stream threw... | |
| Rufus Blanchard - Chicago - 1880 - 580 pages
...which we set about with but one poor hatchet, and finished just after sunsetting. This was a whole day's work; we next got it launched, then went on...were half way over we were jammed in the ice in such manner that we expected every moment our raft to sink and ourselves to perish. I put out my setting-pole... | |
| I. Winslow Ayer - West (U.S.) - 1880 - 540 pages
...after sun-setting. We next got it launched, then went on board and set off; but before we were halfway over, we were jammed in the ice in such a manner that we expected every moment our raft to sink, I put out my setting-pole to try to stop the raft, that the ice might pass by, when the rapidity of... | |
| Charles H. Evans - 1884 - 234 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...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... | |
| United States - 1887 - 734 pages
...article. sun-setting. 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...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... | |
| Mary Mapes Dodge - Children's literature - 1886 - 504 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... | |
| Thomas Jefferson Chapman - Allegheny River Valley (Pa. and N.Y.) - 1887 - 224 pages
...which we set about with but one poor hatchet, and finished just after sunsetting. 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... | |
| George Washington - Presidents - 1887 - 122 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... | |
| George Washington - United States - 1889 - 560 pages
...head of Piney Creek." — Gist. finished just after Sun-setting. This was a whole Day's Work. Then set off; But before we were Half Way over, we were...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 ; when the Rapidity of... | |
| |