Raft-boat Mates 



Many of those who were mates on the earlier raft 

 boats picked up the river and got so they could stand a 

 watch day or night going up river and were able to get 

 a pilot's license. It was harder to get even a little prac- 

 tice running a raft down stream, but a few of them did 

 become regular raft pilots and are in that list. 



Among those who distinguished themselves as mates 

 and were known as good ones, I recall : 



John Suiter, now captain and pilot of the "LeClaire." 



James Lyons, now in poultry farming, Albany, Illinois. 



Dei Shaw, now living in Princeton, Iowa. 



C. W. Schricker, now living in Davenport, Iowa. 



Peter Reese, living at Victory, Wisconsin. 



Edward Johnson, living in Rock Island, Illinois. 



Louis Freneau, living in Rock Island, Illinois. 



John McMahon, of Clinton, Iowa. 



Herman Johnson, of Winona. 



George Budde, of Winona. 



John McCarty, of Galena. 



Joe LaReveire, of Wabasha. 



Chas. Rook, of Princeton. 



Thos. Maley, of LeClaire. 



Thos. Kennedy, of LeClaire. 



Henry Tweisel, of LeClaire. 



Henry Massman, of LeClaire. 



John Bailey, of LeClaire. 



John Elliott, of LeClaire. 



James Shannon, of LeClaire. 



George Senthouse, of LeClaire. 



Wm. Babatz, of Albany. 



Louis Babatz, of Albany. 



