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grasps the pole, and is pulled ashore. Seneca Rowland is washed farther 
down the island, and is caught by some rocks, and, though somewhat bruised, 
manages to get ashore in safety. This seems a long time, as I tell it, but 
it is quickly done. 
And now the three men are cm an island, with a swift, dangerous river 
on either side, and a fall below. The "Emma Dean" is soon brought down, 
and Sumner, starting above as far as possible, pushes out. Right skillfully 
he plies the oars, and a few strokes set him on the island at the proper point. 
Then they all pull the boat up stream, as far as they are able, until they 
stand in water up to their necks. One . sits on a rock, and holds the boat 
until the others are ready to pull, then gives the boat a push, clings to it 
with his hands, and climbs in as they pull for mainland, which they reach 
in safety. We are as glad to shake hands with them as though they had 
been on a voyage around the world, and wrecked on a distant coast. 
Down the river half a mile we find that the after cabin of the wrecked 
boat, with a part of the bottom, ragged and splintered, has floated against 
a rock, and stranded. There are valuable articles in the cabin; but, on 
examination, we determine that life should not be risked to save them. Of 
course, the cargo of rations, instruments, and clothing is gone. 
We return to the boats, and make camp for the night. No sleep comes 
to me in all those dark hours. The rations, instruments, and clothing have 
been divided among the boats, anticipating such an accident as this ; and 
we started with duplicates of everything that was deemed necessary to 
success. But, in the distribution, there was one exception to this precaution, 
and the barometers were all placed in one boat, and they are lost. There is 
a possibility that they are in the cabin lodged against the rock, for that is 
where they were kept. But, then, how to reach them! The river is rising. 
Will they be there to-morrow? Can I go out to Salt Lake City, and obtain 
barometers from New York? 
June 10. I have determined to get the barometers from the wreck, if 
they are there. After breakfast, while the men make the portage, I go down 
again for another examination. There tho cabin lies," only carried fifty or 
sixty feet farther on. 
Carefully looking over the ground, I am satisfied that it can be reached 
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