Here the booming of cannon announced his safe arrival to the people.

He was met by a fleet of boats and informed that they had been looking for him two days.

He was warned to look out for Turkey Falls, and before proceeding he asked a countryman which side of the falls he should take, and received the cheering answer that, "whichever side he took he would wish he had taken the other." Both banks of the falls were lined with people, Paul always noticed a larger crowd at every point where he was likely to be killed.

He went over Turkey Falls, and for a few seconds was lost to sight.

The spectators waited in breathless silence to see his lifeless form rise from the foam, but beheld only the flashing paddle moving gaily along in smoother water, and so a hero was not lost at that uneventful spot, and there would be no legend of the place to hand down to posterity.
One mile from the falls, the Captain encountered the first dam, below which there was a stretch of dead water for seven miles.