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self to circumstances, and with the utmost vehemence or-
dered them to do precisely that which they were at the
time engaged upon, no doubt recollecting the story of
Mahomet and the refractory mountain. Shaw smiled;
R----- observed it, and, approaching with a countenance
of indignation, began to vapor a little, but was instantly
reduced to silence.

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The raft was at length complete. We piled our goods
upon it, with the exception of our guns, which each man
chose to retain in his own keeping. Sorel, Boisverd,
Wright, and Deslauriers took their stations at the four
corners, to hold it together, and swim across with it; and
in a moment more all our earthly possessions were float-
ing on the turbid waters of the Big Blue. We sat on
the bank, anxiously watching the result, until we saw the
raft safe landed in a little cove far down on the oppo-
site bank. The empty wagons were easily passed across;
and then, each man mounting a horse, we rode through
the stream, the stray animals following on their own
accord.


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Publication Information: Book Title: The Oregon Trail: Sketches of Prairie and Rocky-Mountain Life. Contributors: Francis Parkman - author, Frederic Remington - illustrator. Publisher: Little Brown. Place of Publication: Boston. Publication Year: 1892. Page Number: 54.
    
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