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The Portage The party was confronted with five falls over a ten-mile stretch of the river, meaning a portage of over eighteen miles. A month passed before they were able to put their boats into navigable water again. June 16July 14, 1805 The spell a the river's beauty wear off after it become too dangerous to stay in the water. So we picks up the whole camp, boats an all an stumble an carry everything a good many miles 'round the great falls, her sisters an all they sharp rocks. When it gets rough, I hear Old York remind me that like teeth on a rose, pretty girls is nothing but trouble. Then his Rose jump in an say she wish she were a yard bird 'cause even the rooster know when it time to shut up. As I stop to rest an laugh, it come to me that every soft an pretty thing God make got a hard an ugly to carry with it. ...

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