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Perilous Adventure In The Mammoth Cave

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Day
5
Month
May
Year
1845
Copyright
Public Domain
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- J he Joljowmg incident hrelatedofa party wlio visited the mnmmolfj cave Jost spring: - A ttltiing parry -n-cnt (o thia cm r; tt spend the bonev-money. While thore, thej went lo vieit those beautiful portions of the ciive vvhich lie beyond the river "Jordán." ín order to thi?, a person has to sail down the river nearly n mile. befare reaching the avenue which leads off fiom Ihe river to ihe opposite pide, for Hiere is no sliore or Inndinplace bet ween the pornt ihat is below -M) the other, for the river. filis ihe whole width of one avenue of the cave, ond is sev eral fect di?ep wbere the eide walla descend into the water. This party had ascended the rivor, visited ihe cave beyond, and had ogain einbarked on the water Tor their return homeward. After they had ascended the rivor about half way, sume of the party, vvho were in lïgh glee, got into a frolic and overturned the boat. Their üghts were all ex 'inguished, their matches wet, the boat filled wilh water and 'sunk immediotely, and (lierc tliey were ':in the blackness of darknesi=,v up to tiieir chins in waier. "No doub: they would hnve all been lost, hüd il jjot been for the guide's great prr-sencp of mind. fie rhargid them to remain perfectly stil], for if they moved a single step they roiglít get .out of their dcpth in woter, nnd swimmilig vvoula not vail them, for they conld not eee where to swim to. 11e knew that f they could bear the coldness of the water any Jeugth of time fhey would be safe, ior anothcr guide would be sent from the house to eee what had bccome of them. And in this perilotis condition, up to their cnouths in water, in the midst of darkness more ihan nijli!, four miles undor gronnr], Ihey remnined for upwnrds of five hour, nt the end of which time nnother guide cnrne to ih( - relief. W.-jtthew, or lfat, the guide who retened lliem, lold me that when he pot where they weit', his fellow yuide, Stephen (tlie CuJiiuibiTs of the cave) wos swimming around the rest of ihe party, checring them, and directincr his movemenls, wliile swimining by the sound of their voice, which weie rais ed, onc and all, in prnyer ad supplication for ddi veranee'

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Signal of Liberty
Old News