 ... opposite the heights. To avoid any embarrassment in crossing the river, which is here a sheet of violent eddies, experienced boatmen were procured to take the boats from the landing below to the place of embarkation. Lieutenant...  The Anglo-American Magazine - Page 131853Full view - About this book
 | 1813 - 516 pages
...boat to the in the night, .irrived in season to return the enemy's mint extraordinary manner, fastened shore, and abandoned the detachment. In this front boat he had carried nearlv every o;ir, wliich was prepared for all the bjais. In this agonizing dilemma, stood officers... | |
 | Thomas H. Palmer - United States - 1814 - 548 pages
...ahead, and in the extreme darkness, passed the intended place far up the river — and there, in a most extraordinary manner, fastened his boat to the...detachment. In this front boat he had carried nearly every oar which was prepared for all the boats. In this agonizing dilemma stood officers and men, whose... | |
 | Thomas H. Palmer - United States - 1814 - 504 pages
...place of embarkation. Lieutenant Sims was considered the man of greatest skill for this service. He went ahead, and in the extreme darkness, passed the...intended place far up the river- — and there, in a most extraordinary manner, fastened his boat to the shore, and abandoned the detachment. In this... | |
 | United States - 1815 - 410 pages
...the place of embarkation. Lieut. Sim was considered the man of greatest skill for this service. He went ahead, and in the extreme darkness, passed the intended place far up the river ; and there, in amost extraordinary manner fastened the boat to the shore and abandoned the detachment. In the front... | |
 | Samuel R. Brown - United States - 1815 - 326 pages
...embarkation. Lieut. •Sim was considered the man of the greatest skill for this service—he went a head, and in the extreme darkness, passed the intended place far up the river ; and there, in a most extraordinary manner, fastened his boat to the shore, and abandoned the detachment. In ihis... | |
 | Gideon Miner Davison, Samuel Williams - United States - 1815 - 126 pages
...went ahead, and in the extreme darkness, passed tht intended place far up the river ; and there, in a most extraordinary manner, fastened his boat to the shore, and abandoned the detachment. In the front boat he had carried nearly every oar which was prepared for all the boats. In this agonizing... | |
 | Heman Allen Fay - United States - 1817 - 294 pages
...the place of embarkation ; Lieut. Sim, was considered the man of greatest skill for this service ; he went ahead, and, in the extreme darkness, passed the intended place far up the river, and there, in a most extraordinary manner, fastened his boat to the shore, and abandoned the detachment. In this... | |
 | William James - Ontario - 1818 - 520 pages
...place of embarkation. Lieutenant Sim was considered the man of the greatest skill for this service'; he went a-head, and, in the extreme darkness, passed...the intended place far up the river ; and there, in a most extraordinary manner, fastened his boat to the shore, and abandoned the detachment. In this... | |
 | John Brannan - United States - 1823 - 510 pages
...went ahead, and in the extreme darkness, passed the intended place far up the river ; and there in a most extraordinary manner, fastened his boat to the...detachment. In this front boat he had carried nearly every oar which was prepared for all the boats. In this agonizing dilemma, stood officers and men,... | |
 | John Brannan - United States - 1823 - 520 pages
...place of embarkation. Lieutenant Sim was considered the man of greatest skill for this service. He went ahead, and in the extreme darkness, passed the intended place far up the river ; and there in a most extraordinary manner, fastened his boat to the shore, and abandoned the detachment. In this... | |
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