PIONEER HUNTERS OF THE KANKAKLEE 

 got too deep to wade then they could gel into 

 the boat and swim the horses alongside the 

 boat. They decided to go together and took 

 passage per "skiff" and horseback riding their 

 horses when it wasn't too deep. In less than 

 an hour they were landed safely at Sand Ridge 

 Landing in Jasper County. This is one inci- 

 dent mentioned which is only one of the many 

 daring feats of this kind in which Mrs. Eaton 

 showed her skill as a boat's woman. Late in 

 the afternoon of the next day the sheriff of La- 

 porte County, Indiana, arrived in the ferry look- 

 ing for two stolen horses taken from a farmer 

 near Doorville and the description of the men 

 and horses tallied with those that Ars. Eaton 

 ferried across the river. There is no doubt but 

 that they were the men wanted at Laporte. 

 The chances for getting away and hiding stolen 

 horses in the sand ridges on the south side of 

 the river was much better than on the north 

 side as the country was not so well settled. 

 /Aany a stolen horse has been hidden away on 



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