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ters. Their quarter Indian blood showed plainly in their 

 looks and habits. All three were highly esteemed by 

 their employers and associates on the river. Captain 

 "Cyp's" last piloting was done for me on the large side- 

 wheeler "Morning Star," running from Davenport to 

 Saint Paul. I have never met a man who had more in 

 him to admire and love. 



Weyerhaeuser and Denkmann had the "C. J. Caf- 

 frey," a powerful raft-boat, rebuilt from the United 

 States side-wheel snag-boat of the same name. Captain 

 O. P. McMann, of Clinton, Iowa, was her master and 

 pilot for many years. 



W. J. Young and Company, of Clinton, Iowa, used 

 the "J. W. Mills" as their family boat. She was not 

 large, but was strong and well fitted up. Paul Kerz, of 

 Galena, Illinois, was her captain. Later, when Young 

 and Company built the "Douglas Boardman," a much 

 larger and finer boat. Captain Kerz, and his excellent 

 engineer, Conrad Kraus, also of Galena, were trans- 

 ferred to her, and for a time she was the family boat 

 until the "W. J. Young, Jr." was built. She was the real 

 queen of the raft-boats. Captain Kerz died in Galena 

 in 1893. 



Another fine, powerful boat was the "Blue Lodge," 

 owned by the Clinton Lumber Company. She had been 

 an Ohio river towboat. During the low water season, 

 1878, the Diamond Jo Line had her under charter tow- 

 ing grain in barges. 



Captain Van Sant and the Musser Lumber Company 

 of Muscatine, Iowa, had the comfortable steamer "Sil- 

 ver Wave," and she seldom made a trip north without 

 a few "people in the cabin," as extras are called. Not 

 only was Captain Van Sant a charming host, but her 

 chef was equalled by none. I am sure Joe Gallenor's 



