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Identifier: pioneersketchess00sarge (find matches)
Title: Pioneer sketches : scenes and incidents of former days
Year: 1891 (1890s)
Authors: Sargent, M. P. (Martin P.)
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Publisher: Erie, Pa : Herald Print. and Pub. Co.
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^ wife and sister composed theparty. In due time we passed Bear Creek, Parkers Fallsand the Clarion River. Everything went smoothly and wehad a pleasant time the first day. About 10 oclock thesecond day as we were entering Peggs Chute (rapids) wesaw a skiff containing a man, woman and young girl. Theman was quite feeble, unacquainted with the river, and hisskiff came shooting into the rapids of the chute, makingdirectly for the bow of our boat. We all sprang forwardto their assistance. Their skiff struck our bow violently,crushing and capsizing the skiff. The girl and womanfloated along the left side of our boat and were quickly
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224 PIONEER SKETCHES. rescued. The man clung to his broken skiff, half filledwith water, his face was as pale as death, caused by sicknessand fright. The girls bonnet and the womans band boxand some other trinkets floated down the river and one ofmy skiffs was quickly dispatched and the articles all securedby one of our boatmen. When the shipwrecked man hadsufficiently come to his senses, he exclaimed, My God Iam thankful to be thus saved, but where is our trunk V Itold him that it was probably safe under the boat, whenwe commenced searching for it and found it firmly wedgedunder the boat by the force of the ra))id water. Wefinally got out the trunk in a nearly sound condition,except its contents, which were nicely sprinkled and readyfor an ironing. We told the party that at first we expected to have tofish them out from under our boat, same as we did theirtrunk. Having two skiffs aboard the boat, I let the un-fortunate party have one of them in which to continue theirjourney to Hillv

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