Identifier: newenglandmagaziv37bost (find matches)
Title: The New England magazine
Year: 1887 (1880s)
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Publisher: Boston : (New England Magazine Co.)
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o. After some time they perceived In-dians on the opposite shore, to whom they cried out. These two pitiedthem, but gave them little hopes of help; yet they made haste down to thefort, and told the French commander where two of their brethren were. Hepersuaded them to try all possible means of relieving the two Indians; andit was done in this manner. The water that runs on the east side of theisland is shallow, and breaks with rapids over the rocks. The commandantcaused poles to be made and pointed with iron: two Indians determined towalk to this island by the help of these poles, to save the others, or perish.They took leave of their friends as if they were going to death. Each hadtwo such poles in his hands to set against the bottom of the stream to keepthem steady: so they went and got to the island, and having given poles tothe poor Indians there, they all returned safely to the main., The unfortu-nate creatures had been nine days on the island and were almost starved todeath. 586
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VIEW FROM TABLE ROCK THE interest of the view under this impending cliff is somewhat height-ened by the probability that it will fall into the abyss sometime withinthe next six months. Since the fall of the most projecting part of it, two orthree winters since, a large and very deep crack has widened around the re-maining area of the platform above, and it is thought that it will scarce sur-vive the next frost. At present, spite of the threat, troops of ladies and gentle-men crowd its broad summit at all hours, walking, drawing, gazing, andphilandering, in the fullest confidence that rocks have bases. And so it willgo on, probably, till the one (thunder) too many hammers through itscrack of doom. The path leading behind the sheet of Horse-shoe Fall, runs close underthe cliff of Table Rock; and between the spray and the small rivulets thattrickle over the sharp edge, or find their way out of the numerous crevices,on the face of the precipices, it is as wet as the lawn blessed with perp

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