May 28, 1910.] 
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Canoeing . 
An Ozark Canoe Trip. 
Continued from page 826. 
Before turning in that night the Newlyweds 
inventoried their provisions and we did the same. 
The whole lot was then combined. I packed up 
all my small stuff and turned in, after warning 
the rest that I would wake them at five. 
I did not wake at five, but Siwash did and 
lost no time informing the rest of the fact. That 
morning things moved swiftly, for all were 
anxious to be under way again. We were glad 
to get back in our canoes. We were at home 
on the narrow cane seats with paddles in our 
hands. The excitement of shooting rapids, 
jumping dams and dodging logs and whirlpools 
was becoming dear to us—to the girls no less 
than the men. 
As we swung out of the swift little creek into 
the Meramec, Wallace and his railroaders gath¬ 
ered in front of their camp, gave us a parting 
salute and incidentally shot us up with an as¬ 
sortment of cameras. 
It was good to be afloat again. We had en¬ 
joyed our stay, but two days were enough for 
one spot. We had some experiences with fallen 
trees that morning. These often completely 
bridged the stream, but the banks on both sides 
were high and we were thus able to pass under 
the trees. Several times _we had but a few 
inches margin, but more often we were not even 
compelled to stoop. There was one under which 
we passed with very little to spare. In this case 
the stream bed was a hundred yards wide, but 
the stream at the time filled only one side of it. 
A large sycamore had fallen over this water. 
The current was eight or ten miles per hour. 
The Peterborough, which was in the lead, passed 
under safely, and Siwash turned and called all 
right to us, forgetting that his canoe sat lower 
in the water, and that it did not have the high 
Indian bow of my Oldtown. However, I would 
have been compelled to take the chance I did, 
even had Siwash’s cry been one of warning, for 
there was no getting out of that swift water. 
Bootf ducked, getting down on her knees on 
the floor of the canoe just in time. The bow 
just touched the tree, the bang plate tearing the 
bark. I could see the loose strands of Boots’ 
hair catch in the bark. An empty soap box, 
picked up on the upper river, which Boots was 
using as a lazy back, was struck and demolished. 
Thanks to an intervening thwart which threw it 
to one side and into the river, it did not strike 
me. Boots, not knowing how narrowly she es¬ 
caped a broken head, thought it all fine sport, 
but I was a bit shaken and did not recover my 
equanimity for some time. The Owasso saw 
our narrow escape in time, and ran ashore, from 
whence Jim let the boat through with the painter. 
To make matters worse we immediately plunged 
into a rapid, literally filled with rocks and logs. 
I managed to get through with one small knock, 
a rotten log fortunately, and not a rock. 
A few minutes later Jim caught sight of a 
large sign ahead and read, “Onondaga Cave.” 
This was where little Ah-lu-we’s elopement al¬ 
most came to grief. We felt that we must visit 
it. We found that the sign had been erected 
by the present owners of the cave who had im¬ 
proved the interior, putting in bridges and boats, 
and had employed a guide to take visitors 
through. We all got into overalls, furnished 
by the guide, and taking a lantern a piece, en¬ 
tered the earth. After a short walk we came Jo 
a landing place where we entered, embarked in 
two large flat-bottomed boats. This water was 
evidently the source of the beautiful stream out¬ 
side, called Crystal Stream and Pool. This was 
Canon River, barely wide enough for the boats. 
The roof was so low that at times we had to 
stoop to avoid being struck by the sharp stalac¬ 
tites. When nearing a low place, the guide, a 
Swfiss, would shout “Low breetch.” To propel 
the boats we used sticks about five feet long 
with hooks on the ends. With these sticks we 
pulled our boat along, catching the rough walls. 
After a short time, which really seemed hours, 
we reached another landing place and left the 
boats. We then followed the Swiss over the 
natural bridge of white sandstone. The walls 
of the cave and the stalactites which hung from 
the roof were really wonderful. Passing through 
a long and narrow passageway, we entered the 
lily room. In this chamber the water again 
made its appearance and in it was a perfect bed 
of pond lilies. These were formed by the lime 
in the water which constantly dripped from 
above. Leaving this we entered the Bridal 
Chamber, so called because of the beautiful ar¬ 
rangement of the stalactites and stalagmites. 
After a short walk we came to an enormous 
vault. The guide called it Cathedral Hall. The 
size of this chamber was wonderful. Answer¬ 
ing a question as to the height of the roof, the 
guide said, “One hundred and eighty feet.” We 
then walked down a steep shaky stairway about 
two feet wide, over deep water to Cathedral 
Lake. I confess I began to get white in the 
gills about this time. This cave business seemed 
uncanny. 
In Cathedral Hall was located the Chimes, a 
stalactite combination which sent forth bell-like 
notes when struck with a piece of stone. The 
sound echoed and re-echoed through the gloomy 
caverns. We again entered boats and crossed 
Cathedral Lake. After climbing up slippery, 
muddy Monument Hill we were confronted by 
the twin monuments which gave the dirty heap 
of mud its name. These monuments were stalac¬ 
tites twenty feet high and ten feet in diameter. 
It must have taken hundreds of years for the 
dripping water to mould them. Beyond was an¬ 
other formation of stalactites called the Pipe 
Organ. The guide had a little Tyrolese piece 
that he played perfectly on it with a small steel 
bar. He was much pleased at our praise of his 
subterranean music. After breaking our backs 
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