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the great eastern bank, and in the crotch of which 

 a most beautiful and accomplished lady from 

 Boston, took a picturesque view of the falls. 



Charlevoix tells often or twelve Ottaways who^ 

 in trying to cross over to Goat Island in orr'.er to 

 avoid the pursuit of the Iroquois, were drawn 

 over the falls in spite of all their efforts. 



In the autumn of 1810, a salt boat with four 

 men, bound up to Black Rock with 150 barrels 

 of salt, was upset, and drifting down the river, 

 went over the falls. All perished but one person, 

 who escaped at first by the rudder, and finally 

 was taken up by a boat from Chippewa. Next 

 i^pring a canoe with three men was carried down 

 the cataract. 



Near the British shore, and between the Bridge- 

 water mills and the cataract, there is a small grass 

 island about mid way between the shore and Goat 

 Island. A deer took the water near Chippewa 

 at a point above this island, and fell down upon 

 it, where he could not be approached — and after 

 remaining there nearly a day and night, was not 

 to be seen the ensuing morning. An anecdote is 

 told of an old blind mare, which shows superior 

 sagacity. She went into the water above the 

 rapids of Niagara to cool herself. She was una- 

 ble to find her way out, and she had descended 

 into the vicinity of a place where she would have 



