Singing, or rather shouting, we dashed along, and were, I believe, in the midst of the chorus when the boat struck a concealed rock immediately at the foot of a fall which whirled her over in an instant. Three of my men could not swim and my first feeling... Eldorado: Or, California as Seen by a Pioneer, 1850-1900 - Stran 48avtor: David Augustus Shaw - 1900 - 313 straniCelotni ogled - O knjigi
| 1891 - 960 strani
...of the chorus when the boat struck a concealed rock immediately at the foot of a fall, which whirled her over in an instant. Three of my men could not...myself. A few strokes brought me into an eddy, and I'landcd on a pile of rocks on the left side. Looking around, I saw that Mr. Preuse had gained the... | |
| 1891 - 924 strani
...of the chorus when the boat struck a concealed rock immediately at the foot of a fall, which whirled her over in an instant. Three of my men could not...effects : but a sharp concussion or two convinced methat I had not yet saved myself. A few strokes brought me into an eddy, and I landed on apile of... | |
| Charles Alexander McMurry - 1894 - 184 strani
...which whirled her over in an instant. My "first feeling was to assist the men, and save,some of the effects. But a sharp concussion or two convinced me...brought me into an eddy, and I landed on a pile of rocks on the left side. Mr. Preuss had gained the shore on the opposite side, about twenty yards below. On... | |
| Graeme Mercer Adam - 1904 - 388 strani
...the chorus, when the boat struck a concealed rock immediately at the foot of a fall, which whirled her over in an instant. Three of my men could not...brought me into an eddy, and I landed on a pile of rocks on the left side. Looking around, I saw that Mr. Preuss had gained the shore on the same side, about... | |
| Graeme Mercer Adam - 1905 - 380 strani
...the chorus, when the boat struck a concealed rock immediately at the foot of a fall, which whirled her over in an instant. Three of my men could not...me into an eddy, and I* landed on a pile of rocks on the left side. Looking around, I saw that Mr. Preuss had gained the shore on the same side, about... | |
| George Bird Grinnell - 1911 - 516 strani
...of the chorus when the boat struck a concealed rock immediately at the foot of a fall which whirled her over in an instant. Three of my men could not...brought me into an eddy, and I landed on a pile of rocks on the left side. Looking around I saw that Mr. Preuss had gained the shore on the same side, about... | |
| Allan Nevins - 1992 - 724 strani
...of a chorus when the boat struck a concealed rock immediately at the foot of the fall, which whirled her over in an instant. Three of my men could not...brought me into an eddy, and I landed on a pile of rocks on the left side. Looking around, I saw that Preuss had gained the same shore on the same side, about... | |
| Edward Dolnick - 2009 - 386 strani
...boat struck a concealed rock immediately at the foot of the fall," Fremont wrote later, "which whirled her over in an instant. Three of my men could not...two convinced me that I had not yet saved myself." No one drowned, though a few men came close, but, in one historian's summary, "the party was left stripped... | |
| John C. Van Tramp - 1870 - 794 strani
...the chorus, when the boat struck a concealed rock immediately at the foot of a fall, which whirled her over in an instant. Three of my men could not...brought me into an eddy, and I landed on a pile of rocks on the left side. Looking around, I saw that Mr. Preuss had gained the shore on the same side, about... | |
| JERMIAH HUGHES - 1846 - 452 strani
...the chorus when (he boal struck a concealed rock and immediately at the foot of a fall, which whirled over in an instant. Three of my men could not swim,...effects but a sharp concussion or two convinced me that 1 had not yet saved myself A few strokes brought me into an eddy, and 1 landed on a pile of rocks on... | |
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