At another portage the rope broke and the boat was instantly thrown out into the rapid by the fierce current.

Fortunately she was not capsized, and they managed again to secure her and make a second attempt, which succeeded.

Climbing to the top of the granite they discovered it was comparatively level, and they believed they could travel over it, if necessary, as far as Diamond Creek.

The rations for some time had to be dealt out on allowance, and at night, for safety, Wheeler put the entire stock under his head as a pillow.

On the 17th they met with particularly bad rapids, one with a fall of ten and a half feet where the river was only thirty-five feet wide.