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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. "
Washington, Or, Liberty Restored: A Poem, in Ten Books - Page 17
by Thomas Northmore - 1809 - 253 pages
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Ohio Annals: Historic Events in the Tuscarawas and Muskingum Valleys, and in ...

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...
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Captain Jack, the Scout: Or, The Indian Wars about Old Fort Duquesne ; An ...

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...
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The Discovery and Conquests of the Northwest: Including the Early History of ...

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...
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Life in the Wilds of America: And Wonders of the West in and Beyond the ...

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...
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Kings without crowns; or Lives of American presidents, with a sketch of the ...

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...
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Magazine of Western History, Volume 6

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...
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St. Nicholas, Volume 13, Part 1

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...
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The French in the Allegheny Valley

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...
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Rules of Conduct, Diary of Adventure, Letters, and Farewell Addresses

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...
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The Writings of George Washington: 1748-1757

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...
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