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in winter, but, all this will come about in time. | in winter, but, all this will come about in time. | ||
21. The Ferryman Sick at what is called Hardman's ferry, & he lives on the opposite side, so the boat cannot be got over. Three travellers were going my way & we concluded to continue on the Western bank our journey to Bastrop crossing the Colorado there. | 21. The Ferryman Sick at what is called Hardman's ferry, & he lives on the opposite side, so the boat cannot be got over. Three travellers were going my way & we concluded to continue on the Western bank our journey to Bastrop crossing the Colorado there. | ||
The very sudden rise of the River had filled the creeks with back water 30 to 40 feet in depth; we managed by putting our saddle bags & clothes over our shoulders to swim our horses over Cedar creek, its being narrow & its banks not very steep. We 'headed' or got round Walnut creek after considerable difficulty, but the banks of one of its forks was | The very sudden rise of the River had filled the creeks with back water 30 to 40 feet in depth; we managed by putting our saddle bags & clothes over our shoulders to swim our horses over Cedar creek, its being narrow & its banks not very steep. We 'headed' or got round Walnut creek after considerable difficulty, but the banks of one of its forks was so steep & the fork so full of water & just now of considerable width that we did not deem it prudent to swim our horses over, we being mounted on them for fear of "bogging", sticking in the mud. (See Romance of this part of journey +) | ||
Revision as of 05:50, 2 February 2021
in winter, but, all this will come about in time. 21. The Ferryman Sick at what is called Hardman's ferry, & he lives on the opposite side, so the boat cannot be got over. Three travellers were going my way & we concluded to continue on the Western bank our journey to Bastrop crossing the Colorado there.
The very sudden rise of the River had filled the creeks with back water 30 to 40 feet in depth; we managed by putting our saddle bags & clothes over our shoulders to swim our horses over Cedar creek, its being narrow & its banks not very steep. We 'headed' or got round Walnut creek after considerable difficulty, but the banks of one of its forks was so steep & the fork so full of water & just now of considerable width that we did not deem it prudent to swim our horses over, we being mounted on them for fear of "bogging", sticking in the mud. (See Romance of this part of journey +)