John T. Baker

“ I arrived at the wall and was intenty gazing on the spot where the infortmate soldier made the fatal plunge, and wondering what could induce a same man to he so inconsiderate, when to my terror a soldier stood before me. ”

“ They made it in sections, and put it together inside the cave, as the hole by which entrance is gained is so small that there is only room for one man to enter at a time and a boat intact could not be got through. To get into the cave at all, or at least the main portion of it, a person must climb up a rugged rocky incline about 40 feet, and then go feet first through a small orifice, and then climb down the same kind of an incline the same distance to the water. After the soldier has completed their boat they went up again, launched it, and up stream they went. ”

“ I knew the boat was in there and I carried a dry poplar pole to propel it. The outer opening of the cave is large, and the daylight penetrates to the place where it is necessary to climb to through the small hole. ”