| 单词 | flatboat |
| 例句 | The flatboat dragged along the little deep-rutted roads that wound through the bush. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z Together they took a flatboat to the house. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z She could carry three small bucketsful in her bucket, but it was so heavy she couldn’t lift it to dump it into the high tank on the flatboat. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z But it only brought back the memory of Jordie’s cold flesh, the way it had grown loose in the salt water, the bodies crowding around him in the flatboat. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z “Heavy? One gallon heavy? Why, I’ve carried as much as four gallons clear from that big end tree to the flatboat, and you know it!” Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z He floated in and out of consciousness, unsure of what was real or fever dream as the flatboat moved out to sea. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z All that day and night, he waited in the pile of bodies, looking out at the harbor, hoping the flatboat would return. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Daddy drove the horses to pull the flatboat with its huge tank because it was too steep and muddy for the tractor in this bush. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z An adventure historian builds a 19th-century flatboat and sails it down the Mississippi River. Washington Post hardcover bestsellers 2022-08-16T04:00:00Z The jovial figures in Bingham’s 1846 “The Jolly Flatboatmen” are in high spirits, yet they are dancing precariously on the roof of a Missouri flatboat, under which the cargo space looks cramped, dark and ominous. Perspective | On a last walk through the National Gallery, I’m reassured by images of an uncertain future 2020-03-13T04:00:00Z The Rural Life Museum in Baton Rouge, once a favorite of my children, is dedicated to the back end of plantation life, with reconstructed slave cabins, antiquated farm equipment, flatboats and plantation bells. Looking for Clementine Hunter’s Louisiana 2013-06-14T20:04:57Z In the 1800s, a young seamstress is abandoned and taken in by a traveling theater company based on a flatboat. New in Paperback: ‘Notes on a Foreign Country,’ ‘The Seventh Function of Language’ 2018-09-07T04:00:00Z Having your flatboat regularly get stuck would be the equivalent today of facing massive traffic jams, or having your car constantly stall out. Abraham Lincoln, master inventor: The true story of the only president to ever patent an invention 2022-08-27T04:00:00Z Times best sellers: Rinker Buck shares his adventures on a wooden flatboat in “Life On The Mississippi,” a nonfiction best seller. Hundreds of Jan. 6 Cases 2022-08-21T04:00:00Z These goods were shipped on flatboats, or cargo boats with flat bottoms. myWorld: Building Our Country 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z In one day, a crew of 16 high-school students pulls up enough clumps of grass from a healthy area to fill two flatboats, then plants the grass along a shoreline or canal mouth. Making hot sauce and working to save wetlands 2021-06-15T04:00:00Z Hundreds of thousands of bales of cotton arrived on flatboats—until the railroad took over—from the vast plantations up river to the north. A Trip to the Florida of Yore 2018-12-12T05:00:00Z Having your flatboat regularly get stuck would be the equivalent today of facing massive traffic jams or having your car constantly stall out. Abraham Lincoln, master inventor: The true story of the only president to ever patent an invention 2022-08-27T04:00:00Z The interior of this resort is a knock-off Disney World, with tropical gardens and man-made rivers you can cruise down on flatboats. The biggest Game of Thrones fans in the world are not what I thought they'd be 2017-07-07T04:00:00Z The flatboats floated on rivers that drained into the Mississippi River. myWorld: Building Our Country 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The 54-foot-long flatboat named Sweet Breeze made its maiden voyage on Tuesday. Canal boat replica begins ferrying passengers in Fort Wayne 2017-06-10T04:00:00Z Harman Blennerhassett and about 40 of Burr’s men set off from the island during the night of Dec. 10 in four flatboats and one smaller craft and escaped downriver to Kentucky. Missing for more than 200 years, telescope returns home 2016-08-27T04:00:00Z Volunteers set forth in flatboats and canoes anyway, plucking the trapped from newly flooded Ascension Parish, southeast of Baton Rouge. ‘I’m going home to see if I have a home’: Louisiana flooding leaves 11 dead, forces thousands from their homes 2016-08-16T04:00:00Z In New Orleans, we sold both cargo and flatboat, and returned home by sternwheeler. Voices from the Past 2012-04-19T02:00:30.787Z The current was a powerful one to withstand, no soundings had ever been made, and no boats except canoes, bateaux, flatboats, and a few small sailboats, had ever made the trip. The Columbia River Its History, Its Myths, Its Scenery, Its Commerce 2012-04-07T02:00:31.747Z The story of five western boys who take a flatboat on a venture to New Orleans. The Noank's Log A Privateer of the Revolution 2012-01-09T03:00:21.297Z The men collected at Pittsburg and Wheeling, and in flatboats cautiously descended the Ohio to the falls, where is now the city of Louisville. Stories of the Badger State 2011-11-27T03:00:12.687Z On January 17 we crossed the Savannah River on our bridge of flatboats, and started on our new campaign to the North. A Narrative of Service with the Third Wisconsin Infantry 2011-10-15T02:00:29.757Z July 11, 1863 Was it twenty or thirty years ago, we drifted down the Mississippi, three of us on a loaded flatboat? Voices from the Past 2012-04-19T02:00:30.787Z Dr. Whitman and Archibald McKinley, the chief factor at the fort, advised them to leave their cattle and waggons to winter on the Walla Walla, while they pursued their way down the stream on flatboats. The Columbia River Its History, Its Myths, Its Scenery, Its Commerce 2012-04-07T02:00:31.747Z Putting in practice his idea, in 1852, he equipped a flatboat for that purpose. Ocean to Ocean on Horseback Being the Story of a Tour in the Saddle from the Atlantic to the Pacific; with Especial Reference to the Early History and Devel 2011-10-06T02:00:32.743Z Amid the triumphant shouts of the Macedonians, a flatboat was pushed forward and a hundred men attacked the weakened wall with levers and bars of irons. The Golden Hope A Story of the Time of King Alexander the Great 2011-10-02T02:00:13.920Z We had nothing but flatboats to cross in, and a strong wind was against us, so that we made slow progress while our Regiment covered the crossing. A Narrative of Service with the Third Wisconsin Infantry 2011-10-15T02:00:29.757Z A cable was stretched across the stream; by it a flatboat with burdens was drawn from side to side. Stage-coach and Tavern Days 2011-08-31T02:01:27.587Z But when loaded and pushed out into the swift current, steered with immense sweeps in the stern, these flatboats afforded to the footsore and exhausted immigrants a delightful change. The Columbia River Its History, Its Myths, Its Scenery, Its Commerce 2012-04-07T02:00:31.747Z A dozen flatboats were anchored or moored to the banks of the river facing the abbey, and the monks were transported thither and held for a ransom of a thousand crowns each. Castles and Chateaux of Old Touraine and the Loire Country 2011-08-27T02:00:22.057Z Huge flatboats and a multitude of smaller craft plied backward and forward between the harbors and the mainland. The Golden Hope A Story of the Time of King Alexander the Great 2011-10-02T02:00:13.920Z Judson says it was so deep over his store that he went out from the headlands in a flatboat and grappled through the skylight of his joint for tobacco out of the showcase. The Heart of Canyon Pass 2011-08-04T02:00:24.083Z Each had its wharf or flatboat from which the trader could load his vessel. The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 2011-07-06T02:00:47.077Z To those who remained on the Walla Walla now fell the difficult task of constructing flatboats. The Columbia River Its History, Its Myths, Its Scenery, Its Commerce 2012-04-07T02:00:31.747Z Soon after her birth her father came up the river on a flatboat to the site of Fort Snelling. Fifty Years In The Northwest With An Introduction And Appendix Containing Reminiscences, Incidents And Notes 2011-06-13T02:00:27.317Z It was in this yard that the great flatboat was built in which the whole camp moved about the lake, ten oars on a side, and every boy tugging for all he knew. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 3, August, 1893 2011-03-20T02:00:35.193Z The rafts, the coal-barges, the humble skiffs, and flatboats were all tied up for the night. The Storm Centre 2011-03-01T03:00:39.427Z The pioneers now crossed the Platte, hiring a flatboat for that purpose from Mr. Bordeaux, a Frenchman, the principal man at the fort. Life of Heber C. Kimball, an Apostle The Father and Founder of the British Mission 2011-02-21T03:00:08.060Z We have followed the River through its eras of canoe, bateau, flatboat, sail-ship, and steamboat, and we have seen railroads built along its banks. The Columbia River Its History, Its Myths, Its Scenery, Its Commerce 2012-04-07T02:00:31.747Z The flatboat was found under it, precisely as Artie had described it in the library. Brother Against Brother The War on the Border 2011-02-09T03:00:46.430Z A large flatboat, oblong in shape, and of the kind commonly called “scow,” was lying on rollers far up on the beach and close under the cliff. The Fatal Cord And The Falcon Rover 2011-02-09T03:00:44.167Z Will it reach the flatboat soon enough to save the girl? The Blood of Rachel A Dramatization of Esther, and other poems 2011-01-14T03:00:46.933Z With a comrade I crossed the Missouri river at Plattsmouth on a flatboat. Collection of Nebraska Pioneer Reminiscences 2011-01-05T03:00:58.503Z In addition to the flatboats there were many junks passing back and forth, for the Han is the great artery of commerce for the eastern provinces. The Red Miriok 2011-01-04T03:01:16.847Z The Magnolia towed the flatboat down the creek till Deck hailed her from the landing-place where they had gone ashore in the afternoon. Brother Against Brother The War on the Border 2011-02-09T03:00:46.430Z Sending his wounded and sick men to Tennessee, Jackson sent his flatboats down the river, accompanied by the regiment of United States regular troops as a guard. Red Eagle and the Wars With the Creek Indians of Alabama. 2010-12-20T17:12:28.183Z Our conveyance was a penny flatboat, running on a chain, which chain hauled itself up wet and dripping from the bed of the river. Deep Moat Grange The wagons were driven on flatboats and poled across by five Indians. Collection of Nebraska Pioneer Reminiscences 2011-01-05T03:00:58.503Z It is practised upon the humblest watercraft that floats upon our canals—the frail flatboat that descends our streams—the majestic steamboat that traces our mighty rivers. Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution While they were gone upon this mission, the overseer placed the Magnolia ahead of the flatboat, in readiness to tow it down the creek. Brother Against Brother The War on the Border 2011-02-09T03:00:46.430Z A rope ferry and a flatboat are kept here for the convenience of the Government troops and trains. Narrative of the March of Co. A, Engineers from Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, to Fort Bridger, Utah, and Return May 6 to October 3, 1858 Between them I soon learned that the flatboat was well stocked for the voyage, and that the se�or had sent word he was about to go aboard with his party. A Volunteer with Pike The True Narrative of One Dr. John Robinson and of His Love for the Fair Señorita Vallois He was born in Pennsylvania, and as a boy was very fond of the water, he and the other boys having an old flatboat which they pushed along with a pole. The Story of Our Country Every Child Can Read Toward eleven o 'clock Malta came into view, and they put into port through a mass of ships and flatboats and barges. A Yankee Flier in Italy "The boys and myself can take care of the flatboat, and you can have all the men at the oars." Brother Against Brother The War on the Border 2011-02-09T03:00:46.430Z In the spring he took his little army, and, with a few settlers and their families, drifted down the Ohio in flatboats to the place where stands to-day the city of Louisville. Hero Stories from American History For Elementary Schools I hastened to point out a flatboat which had caught my eye when we first rode down to the bank. A Volunteer with Pike The True Narrative of One Dr. John Robinson and of His Love for the Fair Señorita Vallois Another plunge, a lurch, a twist, a sharp descent, and the breathless horses halted on the bank of a stream whose shallow waters were crowded with flatboats, generally laden with oil. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 90, April, 1865 In canoe and pirogue, bateau, flatboat, and ark, settlers went up and produce came down. The Railway Builders A Chronicle of Overland Highways "The flatboat is near the place, and we can move the boxes in that, as the conspirators conveyed them from the road," replied Mr. Lyon. Brother Against Brother The War on the Border 2011-02-09T03:00:46.430Z They arrived in flatboats on the same day that the British vanguard reached the river. Hero Stories from American History For Elementary Schools It was midway of the avenue that I came upon her coach, fast as a grounded flatboat, both of the forewheels being mired to the hub. A Volunteer with Pike The True Narrative of One Dr. John Robinson and of His Love for the Fair Señorita Vallois The oil is next teamed to the Creek, and either pumped into decked boats, to be transported in bulk, or, still in barrels, is loaded upon the ordinary flatboats. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 90, April, 1865 They got a fleet of Americans in flatboats—rude men with long rifles and leathern garments, who came under paddle and oar, and not under sail. The Magnificent Adventure Being the Story of the World's Greatest Exploration and the Romance of a Very Gallant Gentleman "If I do I shall not spill you out, either of you; for I want you to take charge of the flatboat, with two of the hands," replied the overseer. Brother Against Brother The War on the Border 2011-02-09T03:00:46.430Z In 1810 he made a journey to New Orleans on a flatboat. The Land of the Miamis An Account of the Struggle to Secure Possession of the North-West from the End of the Revolution until 1812 In the morning Abraham said that a party of Americans came down Charles River in flatboats and on rafts, and opened fire upon the troops encamped on the Common. Daughters of the Revolution and Their Times 1769 - 1776 A Historical Romance As silently as possible, the great flatboat which we had brought from St. Simon's was filled with men. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 90, April, 1865 A number of flatboats lay in the backwater behind the bend and a quantity of ties corded along the bank indicated a loading-place, but no one seemed to be doing any loading. The Mountain Divide If he put a watch anywhere he would station it on that road at the place where they shifted the boxes from the wagon to the flatboat. Brother Against Brother The War on the Border 2011-02-09T03:00:46.430Z In his day, Picket was a notable flatboat pilot. Afloat on the Ohio An Historical Pilgrimage of a Thousand Miles in a Skiff, from Redstone to Cairo Down near the flatboats a big crowd was gathered. Shaman The stage was no sooner set than up the river came the flatboat from Creek House. Smugglers' Reef You and your gang are human parasites, and you are going to be stripped and sent down the river as fast as these flatboats will carry you.” The Mountain Divide The flatboat had been loaded with rocks and sunk in the deepest water of the river, so that it need not betray the planter and his people. Brother Against Brother The War on the Border 2011-02-09T03:00:46.430Z However, five hundred of them pushed on to the region, by way of Redstone, and reached here by flatboat, in a destitute condition. Afloat on the Ohio An Historical Pilgrimage of a Thousand Miles in a Skiff, from Redstone to Cairo Shaking his head, the chief of the boatmen made an angry gesture toward the flatboat. Shaman They had carried rocks to make both the path and the stone jetty to which the flatboat had come. Smugglers' Reef Picking him up bodily, he walked unopposed to the landing, and to the astonishment of the spectators heaved Seagrue with scant ceremony into a flatboat. The Mountain Divide The three lanterns were lighted, and Levi Bedford lost not a moment in making the preparations for loading the boxes into the flatboat. Brother Against Brother The War on the Border 2011-02-09T03:00:46.430Z Shipment on the river, in the flatboat days, was only during the spring and autumnal floods; although an occasional summer rise, such as we are now getting, would cause a general activity. Afloat on the Ohio An Historical Pilgrimage of a Thousand Miles in a Skiff, from Redstone to Cairo A flatboat to take travelers across was drawn up on shore. Shaman The crew of the Albatross was in the flatboat—it scarcely could be called a rowboat—already heading upstream. Smugglers' Reef On the wooded river bank he built a flatboat with his own hands, and covered one end of it with a poplar-wood cabin, purchased at a near-by sawmill. The River Prophet On its waters was a flatboat, or bateau, in which three men were paddling with all their might towards the shore near the road to Bowling Green. Brother Against Brother The War on the Border 2011-02-09T03:00:46.430Z While I was on shore, negotiating with the sleepy storekeeper, Pilgrim and her crew waited alongside the flatboat which serves as the town ferry. Afloat on the Ohio An Historical Pilgrimage of a Thousand Miles in a Skiff, from Redstone to Cairo The long knives had angry words with the men who would pole the flatboat. Shaman Here and there on trestles stood the gaunt frames of what appeared to be rough flatboats, long, wide, and shallow, constructed with no great art or care. Young Alaskans in the Far North On the great streams of the West flatboats floated for weeks, laden with the productions of the States, on their way to a market, where days or hours are sufficient at the present time. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 6 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History The two men brought that long box to the shore, and loaded it into the flatboat, which was big enough to carry six cords of wood. Brother Against Brother The War on the Border 2011-02-09T03:00:46.430Z They sent the big flatboat, or bateau, down the river, and thirteen men went with it. The Young Alaskans on the Missouri Lined up along the bank before him were a dozen big box-shaped flatboats. Shaman A great number of flatboats were collected, and troops trained to embark and disembark. An Introduction to the History of Western Europe Henry, reluctantly and minimizing his part as much as he could, told the story of the blowing up of the flatboat and the cannon. The Riflemen of the Ohio A Story of the Early Days along "The Beautiful River" Just below I saw a big flatboat, like the gundalow they used to have on the river to carry hay from the meadows. Brother Against Brother The War on the Border 2011-02-09T03:00:46.430Z And it is from them that the skilled canoe men and the experienced flatboat steersmen are selected for the 20 conduct of the precious flotillas on these northern waters. On the Edge of the Arctic or, An Aeroplane in Snowland He then had them loaded on a flatboat and slowly floated to their destination, when there was little or no hope of their arrival in time for use. The Battle of New Orleans including the Previous Engagements between the Americans and the British, the Indians and the Spanish which led to the Final Conflict on the 8th of January, 1815 Henry Stevens's flatboat had been ready to start for New Orleans for two days. Duffels They were now much nearer the flatboat, and while hidden themselves they could see easily. The Riflemen of the Ohio A Story of the Early Days along "The Beautiful River" With two relatives Lincoln built a flatboat and started down the river for New Orleans on a trading venture. A Treasury of Heroes and Heroines A Record of High Endeavour and Strange Adventure from 500 B.C. to 1920 A.D. At Athabasca Landing I found it impossible to buy proper boats and I 45 lost considerable time in making two large flatboats patterned after the Hudson’s Bay Company’s batteaux.” On the Edge of the Arctic or, An Aeroplane in Snowland Tecumseh was with a party of Indians who attacked some flatboats on the Ohio River. Four American Indians King Philip, Pontiac, Tecumseh, Osceola You have your choice; you can go through life on the steamboat or on the flatboat. Duffels We must swim without splashing and we've got to find that flatboat with the cannon on it. The Riflemen of the Ohio A Story of the Early Days along "The Beautiful River" Life supported Sandy in his arms, and Artie brought the flatboat up close. An Undivided Union You know, at the Grand Rapids these flatboats ought to be unloaded. On the Edge of the Arctic or, An Aeroplane in Snowland But the Tennessee River was low, the flatboats would not float, and the much-needed food lay in the shallows three hundred miles up-stream. Historical Tales, Vol. 2 (of 15) The Romance of Reality Later, Charlie sent for us to come to the river and see him fire a flatboat loaded with the precious material for which the Yankees are risking their bodies and souls. A Confederate Girl's Diary I think we'd better swim above the flatboat, keeping at a good distance, and then drop down between it and the bank. The Riflemen of the Ohio A Story of the Early Days along "The Beautiful River" They had found the negro's flatboat, and carried it to the stream. A Lieutenant at Eighteen If there’s anything about a canoe or a flatboat that they don’t know, I guess nobody can tell it to ’em.” On the Edge of the Arctic or, An Aeroplane in Snowland The united forces were then to cover the crossing of the troops in transports and flatboats to the English coast. A History of Sea Power Only two men got on the flatboat with Charlie when it was ready. A Confederate Girl's Diary It was the flatboat, now not twenty feet away, and Henry paused a moment, the five heads pausing with him. The Riflemen of the Ohio A Story of the Early Days along "The Beautiful River" "Here is a flatboat," said Ben, who was the first to discover it. A Lieutenant at Eighteen Not the least suggestive objects that came within the two boys’ hasty view were a few Hudson’s Bay flatboats, moored to the bank and half full of water to protect their tarred seams. On the Edge of the Arctic or, An Aeroplane in Snowland The flatboat came down the stream broadside to, though we saw it make two or three whirls as it advanced. Up the River or, Yachting on the Mississippi The flatboat was piled with as many bales as it could hold without sinking. A Confederate Girl's Diary They headed straight for the flatboat and each put a hand upon its side. The Riflemen of the Ohio A Story of the Early Days along "The Beautiful River" They could make out by the light of the steamer's fires two large flatboats, and a much smaller craft was made fast to the stern of the steamer. A Lieutenant at Eighteen They came down the Ohio River in big flatboats. Daniel Boone Taming the Wilds "Did you meet a flatboat floating down the river about an hour ago?" Up the River or, Yachting on the Mississippi There lay a heavy, clumsy, rusty, ugly flatboat with a great square box in the centre, while great cannon put their noses out at the sides, and in front. A Confederate Girl's Diary A Miami sentinel on the bank heard a splash a little louder than usual, and he saw a gleam of white in the water beside the flatboat. The Riflemen of the Ohio A Story of the Early Days along "The Beautiful River" This was the establishing of steamboat and flatboat communication with New Orleans. Quilts Their Story and How to Make Them Having spent some years in trading with New Orleans as the owner of flatboats, he settled in Louisville as a lawyer, at the age of twenty-five. History of the Thirty-Ninth Congress of the United States "I don't think it is safe to run in the night when the river is full of floating logs, flatboats, and other things." Up the River or, Yachting on the Mississippi A little flatboat or scow was got by some means from the other side of the river, and on this General Pillow crossed the river with his staff and Colonel Gilmer. From Fort Henry to Corinth "We took the flatboat just as we planned," replied Henry with pardonable pride. The Riflemen of the Ohio A Story of the Early Days along "The Beautiful River" From out of the Wabash River alone over a thousand flatboats, laden with agricultural products, passed into the Ohio during the annual spring rise on their way to the seaport by the Gulf of Mexico. Quilts Their Story and How to Make Them It was here that there dwelt for some time the famous robber Meason, or Mason, who terrorized the flatboat trade of the Ohio at about 1800. The Story of the Outlaw A Study of the Western Desperado The sight of the flatboat assured me that it was not safe to run in the night, at least during high water, when the current was bearing off houses, vessels, and other cumbrous things. Up the River or, Yachting on the Mississippi Hungry, and cold, and drenched with rain, they stood in the water waiting till they could be carried over the lake, through the cypress trees, in two small flatboats and on some extemporized rafts. From Fort Henry to Corinth It was not long, slim, and graceful, but broad of beam, and came slowly and heavily like one of the large square flatboats in which the pioneers sometimes came down the Ohio. The Riflemen of the Ohio A Story of the Early Days along "The Beautiful River" After that, Jim managed to load up a flatboat or two, and always had a little wood in reserve. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 11 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Businessmen At this place the captain of the flatboat sold out his cargo, and then offered to pay our fare on a steamer from Memphis to Nashville. The Mormon Menace The Confessions of John Doyle Lee, Danite A few weeks ago the father started east to bring down his family in another flatboat. The Phantom of the River "DOWN THE RIVER" The launching of that flatboat was made a feast-day in the neighborhood. The Story of Young Abraham Lincoln "It's a flatboat that once belonged to an emigrant party," said Henry. The Riflemen of the Ohio A Story of the Early Days along "The Beautiful River" The flatboats on the rivers, the crowded ferries, and the caravans crossing the prairies were familiar scenes. Old Fort Snelling 1819-1858 Springer, the captain of the flatboat, had sold his cargo and received his money, he invited Brother Twist and myself to go with him to a saloon. The Mormon Menace The Confessions of John Doyle Lee, Danite Meanwhile, the Altmans and Ashbridges, assisted by their companions, removed all their goods from the flatboat against the bank and placed them in the cabin, prepared some time before for the occupancy of the Ashbridges. The Phantom of the River A flatboat belonging to Allen's father was loaded with bacon and other farm merchandise for the southern market. The Story of Young Abraham Lincoln Henry and Seth Cole waited until one of the cannon was fired, hiding the flatboat in its smoke, and then they leaped lightly over the palisade, landing among the bushes, where they lay hidden. The Riflemen of the Ohio A Story of the Early Days along "The Beautiful River" Canoes and flatboats, or simply rafts, were used on the rivers and creeks where available. The Fair Play Settlers of the West Branch Valley, 1769-1784 A Study of Frontier Ethnography The Western waters floated all sorts of craft, from the lumber raft to the flatboat, laden with pork, cheese, butter, flour, corn, and whiskey. Union and Democracy At a point in a line with the cabin and the flatboat beyond, he came to a halt and glanced at his immediate surroundings. The Phantom of the River The flatboat was made to float down stream only. The Story of Young Abraham Lincoln When they came up again the flatboat and its terrible cannon were gone, heavy darkness again hung over land and water, and pieces of burning wood were falling with a hissing splash into the river. The Riflemen of the Ohio A Story of the Early Days along "The Beautiful River" The Infantry went down the river, while the Mounted Men went by trail near the river bank, or our clumsy, open flatboats might have come under fire. Policing the Plains Being the Real-Life Record of the Famous North-West Mounted Police Yet the steamboat did not drive the flatboat from the Western rivers. Union and Democracy A vague feeling of security hung around the flatboat. The Phantom of the River Denton Offutt spent so much time drinking in a tavern at the village of Springfield that the flatboat was not ready when the trio arrived to take it and its cargo down the river. The Story of Young Abraham Lincoln He reached the place where they had scrambled ashore after burning the flatboat and he paused there a moment. The Riflemen of the Ohio A Story of the Early Days along "The Beautiful River" The flatboat, a brown shadow beneath a creaking wire and pulley, came slowly to the southern side of the stream. The Long Roll So late as 1840 one fifth of the freight handled on the lower Mississippi was carried in flatboats or barges. Union and Democracy He had decided to pay a visit to the flatboat even though time was so urgent. The Phantom of the River I undertook to carry some of the salt by flatboats, but they were frozen up. Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet An Autobiography. A shape, bigger and darker than the others, told him where the flatboat lay. The Riflemen of the Ohio A Story of the Early Days along "The Beautiful River" The flatboats carry a large amount of forage. The Long Roll Between February and June, 1788, an observer noted not less than forty-five hundred settlers drifting past Fort Harmar in their flatboats, in search of new homes in the wilderness. Union and Democracy There were the poles used in handling the flatboat; there were bits of rope scattered about the bottom of the craft. The Phantom of the River Just below this little promontory, and in midstream, was anchored a long, squarely built flatboat. Canoe Boys and Campfires Adventures on Winding Waters The Queen of the West went down the Mississippi, destroying skiffs and flatboats whenever found, as far as the Red River, which was reached on the morning of the 12th. The Gulf and Inland Waters The Navy in the Civil War. Volume 3. About fifteen feet beyond our depth the Captain had anchored a stationary staging, which was merely an old flatboat caulked and floored over. Captain Mugford Our Salt and Fresh Water Tutors Rivers were the highways of their commerce and the current of all bore their flatboats away from the parent State. Union and Democracy The sail was spread, and the strong gale was impinging dead against it, and yet, strange to say, the flatboat remained as motionless as if sunk at the bottom of the river. The Phantom of the River It was from this place that Abraham, in company with young Gentry, made a trip to New Orleans on a flatboat loaded with country produce. Our American Holidays: Lincoln's Birthday A Comprehensive View of Lincoln as Given in the Most Noteworthy Essays, Orations and Poems, in Fiction and in Lincoln's Own Writings I could distinguish on the great flatboat that had followed us, carrying our provisions and our horses, my own mare, Fatima, with her proudly arched neck. The Rose of Old St. Louis Portaging two hundred and fifty flatboats with as many birch canoes up the river, the French invade the mountain wilderness of Lake George. Canada: the Empire of the North Being the Romantic Story of the New Dominion's Growth from Colony to Kingdom On the 28th we went up the river and crossed over on flatboats. Sixty Years of California Song Jethro did not make the mistake of paddling the flatboat into the middle of the current, which was so much stronger there as to impede, if not to check, its progress altogether. The Phantom of the River It drifted as unpretentiously as a raft or flatboat, now and then merely floating without progress, like a floating alligator; that is, with one small eye imperceptibly open to every point of the compass. Gideon's Band A Tale of the Mississippi You recollect, don't you? the day I first seed you and Hoopsnake on the roof of his flatboat? A Dream of Empire Or, The House of Blennerhassett Montcalm advances on the lake with the flatboats and canoes, and the rafts with the heavy artillery. Canada: the Empire of the North Being the Romantic Story of the New Dominion's Growth from Colony to Kingdom It was believed that vessels were loading with cotton there, towed down in flatboats by small steamers, and that a steamer of four hundred tons was fitting out in the bay as a privateer. Stand By The Union At that instant the flatboat struck a shallow portion with such suddenness that it instantly stopped, and the youth, unprepared for the shock, sprawled overboard with a loud splash. The Phantom of the River The "family of that name"—to quote Watson—were a group of four islands so entitled from earliest flatboat days, clustered in the river, just above the town. Gideon's Band A Tale of the Mississippi Night had fallen, the wind blew in violent gusts and the timbers of the flatboat creaked and shuddered. A Dream of Empire Or, The House of Blennerhassett Deserters had brought word to Wolfe that some flatboats with provisions were coming down the river to Quebec that night. Canada: the Empire of the North Being the Romantic Story of the New Dominion's Growth from Colony to Kingdom The flatboat was one we picked up on one of the keys; and the information was precisely what I instructed Quimp to give you, without money and without price. Fighting for the Right The canoe which had shot under the bank so suddenly, now emerged again and paddled straight towards the flatboat, only a short distance away. The Phantom of the River As soon as he could, therefore, he found employment on a flatboat that carried corn, hogs, hay, and other farm produce down to New Orleans. Stories of Later American History The ruffian's comrades hurried their dangerous leader from the inn, and guided his steps to the river and aboard a large new flatboat recently launched. A Dream of Empire Or, The House of Blennerhassett Sometimes there is the orthodox flatboat, filled with iron-bound barrels, with an air of respectability hovering around it. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 2, February, 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Father Baby was as great a huckster as any flatboat man of them all. Old Kaskaskia "I have seen a great many flatboats pass down the river," remarked Mr. Finley, at the close of the interesting narrative, "but this is the first time I ever saw any go up stream." The Phantom of the River One of these, made up mostly of women and children, went by water in flatboats, dugouts, and canoes, a route supposed to be easier though much the longer of the two. Stories of Later American History It is worth coming a thousand miles by stage coach and flatboat, to meet so droll an adventure with such a nondescript amphibian. A Dream of Empire Or, The House of Blennerhassett Before the spies arrived, the French had built a floor over their flatboats, and to cover the fresh floor had heaped up a dozen canoes. Pathfinders of the West Being the Thrilling Story of the Adventures of the Men Who Discovered the Great Northwest: Radisson, La Vérendrye, Lewis and Clark They were obliged to have salt at once, and he was the only great trader who brought it in by the flatboat load and kept it stored. Old Kaskaskia Furthermore, the craft in which the visitor paddled out to the flatboat was the very one, as identified by Jethro, which, in some way, had been recaptured from the ranger. The Phantom of the River Such produce as corn-meal, flour, pork, and lumber had to go on rafts or flatboats down the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers to New Orleans. Stories of Later American History Thus it came about, that the Virginian had been invited to share the conveniences of the flatboat, a courtesy which he had accepted, on condition that he might share the expenses. A Dream of Empire Or, The House of Blennerhassett I guess they will have placed a lot of canoes and flatboats across the lake, opposite Crown Point, for they will know that we should either head back, or take to the woods. With Wolfe in Canada The Winning of a Continent In flatboats, propelled by voyageurs, and accompanied by a considerable retinue of slaves, he, with his family, had ascended the river, and finally settled on his princely estate. The Devil's Own A Romance of the Black Hawk War All and considerably more than the foregoing being conceded, the missionary could not but regard the turning over to him of the invaluable canoe, to say nothing of the flatboat itself, as providential. The Phantom of the River Going by water, while cheaper, was inconvenient, for the travellers must use the flatboat, which was clumsy and slow and, worst of all, of little use except when going down stream. Stories of Later American History You will find her a first-class flatboat, Mr. Burr—strong and tight—sixty foot long by fourteen wide—four first-rate rooms, and as pretty a roof as you ever set foot on anywheres. A Dream of Empire Or, The House of Blennerhassett On the day after the army landed on the island, a sudden and very violent squall drove several of the ships ashore, and destroyed many of the flatboats. With Wolfe in Canada The Winning of a Continent General Clinch sent forward two flatboats drawn on wagons to await the arrival of the troops at the river. General Scott The brief, terrified glance of Kenton revealed to him an Ohio flatboat moving up the river against the current—something which in all his varied experience he had never seen. The Phantom of the River He and one of his playmates from time to time went fishing in a flatboat, which they propelled with long poles. Stories of Later American History Such was the gorgeous dream, the cloud-vision, the unuttered soliloquy of Aaron Burr, the political bankrupt, as he sat smoking on the deck of a flatboat, drifting down the devious current of the Ohio. A Dream of Empire Or, The House of Blennerhassett It consisted of 900 troop boats, 135 whale boats, and a large number of heavy flatboats carrying the artillery. With Wolfe in Canada The Winning of a Continent Sarah knew that prosperous farmers sometimes loaded their corn and other farm products on big flatboats. Abe Lincoln Gets His Chance The one point was to get the flatboat away from land, and out into the stream. The Phantom of the River We see shipping of all sorts about the town—barges 174and flatboats along the river bank, merchant vessels in the harbor, and farther down some war-ships. Stories of Later American History The immigrant once at Pittsburgh or Wheeling could then buy a flatboat of a size required for his goods and stock, and drift down the current to his journey's end. History of the United States A fleet of flatboats was also sent up, and 1200 troops marched overland, under Brigadier Murray, to embark in them. With Wolfe in Canada The Winning of a Continent Nor could they afford to build a flatboat for the long trip down the rivers. Abe Lincoln Gets His Chance The great necessity, as has been explained, was to work the flatboat away from land. The Phantom of the River Then his flatboats, manned by tall backwoodsmen in their picturesque dress, rowed or floated cautiously down the Ohio River. Stories of Later American History Simultaneous with this onslaught, a division of howitzer flatboats was to throw shot into the port. The Life of Nelson, Volume 2 The Embodiment of the Sea Power of Great Britain On the night of the 4th, a fleet of flatboats passed above the town, with the baggage and stores. With Wolfe in Canada The Winning of a Continent Allen at the back oar, Abe at the front oar, had a hard time keeping the big flatboat from turning over. Abe Lincoln Gets His Chance A strange and for a time wholly unaccountable occurrence took place near the stem of the flatboat, only a moment before Jim Deane was mortally smitten. The Phantom of the River The reinforcements from Spain arrived, and gunboats and flatboats, fitted out at Toulon, began to come upon the scene. The Life of Nelson, Volume 1 The Embodiment of the Sea Power of Great Britain In the fall of 1816 he built himself a small flatboat, which he launched at the mouth of Knob Creek, half a mile from his cabin, on the waters of the Rolling Fork. A Short Life of Abraham Lincoln Condensed from Nicolay & Hay's Abraham Lincoln: A History In the morning, the loading of the flatboat and the getting ready for departure, took all our thought. In Indian Mexico (1908) His pa has hired me to help on the flatboat. Abe Lincoln Gets His Chance At the side of the flatboat, where there were crowding in increased excitement, the parents released the child, and the father turned to help in the defence against the Indians, who immediately attacked them. The Phantom of the River The flatboats were lashed together as one solid boat covering six and one half acres, more space than a whole block of houses in a city, with one little steamboat to steer. Among the Forces Trade was evidently not brisk at New Salem, for the commercial zeal of Offutt led him to increase his venture by renting the Rutledge and Cameron mill, on whose historic dam the flatboat had stuck. A Short Life of Abraham Lincoln Condensed from Nicolay & Hay's Abraham Lincoln: A History A flatboat, poled by indians, came up to the landing, ready to receive cargo and passengers, and to transfer them to the steamer. In Indian Mexico (1908) Abe sat at the forward oar, guiding the big flatboat through the calm, blue waters of the Ohio, while Allen cooked supper on deck. Abe Lincoln Gets His Chance The moon was still unobstructed, and showed him the flatboat fifty feet away and increasing the space every minute. The Phantom of the River Streams that have long since ceased to be thought navigable for a boy's canoe were made to carry the settlers' few household goods heaped on a flatboat. American Merchant Ships and Sailors When he was nineteen, still residing in Indiana, he made his first trip upon a flatboat to New Orleans. A Short Life of Abraham Lincoln Condensed from Nicolay & Hay's Abraham Lincoln: A History When everything was loaded, quite promptly, at twelve o'clock, the flatboat pushed out from its moorings. In Indian Mexico (1908) They saw many other flatboats like their own. Abe Lincoln Gets His Chance It is useless to dwell upon the grief and consternation of the occupants of the flatboat when the discovery was made that little Mabel Ashbridge was missing. The Phantom of the River A typical flatboat of the early days of river navigation was about fifty-five feet long by sixteen broad. American Merchant Ships and Sailors How dared a "friendless, uneducated boy, working on a flatboat at twelve dollars a month," with "no wealthy or popular friends to recommend" him, aspire to the honors and responsibilities of a legislator? A Short Life of Abraham Lincoln Condensed from Nicolay & Hay's Abraham Lincoln: A History There were also several flatboats loaded with valuable goods taken from captured barges. Stories of American Life and Adventure They walked back to their own flatboat tied up at one of the wharves. Abe Lincoln Gets His Chance Touching the arm of Boone, he asked: "Can we not work the flatboat back to shore, charge upon the Shawanoes, and recover her before they have time to rally?" The Phantom of the River These great oars seemed to the fancy of the early flatboat men, to resemble horns, hence the name "broadhorns," sometimes applied to the boats. American Merchant Ships and Sailors Both on the Ohio and the Mississippi we saw flatboats tied together heaped with coal, which had been loaded into them from the sides of the hills of the Alleghanies and elsewhere. Children of the Market Place Travelers made journeys on flatboats, keel boats, and barges. Stories of American Life and Adventure He then sold his flatboat, which would be broken up and used for lumber. Abe Lincoln Gets His Chance The wind that had brought the flatboat to this point on the river, and then died out, did not resume its force and direction. The Phantom of the River Here he would dispose of his cargo, perhaps for shipment to Europe, sell his flatboat for the lumber in it, and begin his painful way back again to the head of navigation. American Merchant Ships and Sailors Continuing their journey westward, they reached the Ohio River, down which stream they floated on a flatboat until they came to Cincinnati, then a city of fourteen thousand inhabitants. Great Fortunes, and How They Were Made As settlement and business increased, the canoe gave place to the raft, and the raft yielded to the flatboat. Scientific American Supplement, No. 810, July 11, 1891 A man named Denton Offut was building a flatboat, which he planned to float down the Illinois River to the Mississippi and on to New Orleans. Abe Lincoln Gets His Chance Now that the party left in the flatboat had some leisure on their hands, they devoted it to looking after their own wounds, and in taking a precaution, which was only ordinary prudence, against surprise. The Phantom of the River The flatboat never attempted to return against the stream. American Merchant Ships and Sailors It was a flatboat, and it was certainly loaded with emigrants coming down the Ohio, women and children as well as men, and the Shawnees had laid an ambush. The Forest Runners A Story of the Great War Trail in Early Kentucky In the course of time, steam was applied to the propulsion of boats, and the flatboat yielded to the inevitable: the palatial steamboat was supreme. Scientific American Supplement, No. 810, July 11, 1891 Abe said that Sinbad sailed his flatboat up to a rock, and the rock was magnetized and pulled all the nails out of his boat. Abe Lincoln Gets His Chance When he paddled from the side of the flatboat, therefore, in the cause, he put forth as much care and skill as Kenton or Boone himself would have done. The Phantom of the River But it was a long time before steam navigation approached anything like these figures, and indeed, many years passed before the flatboat and the barge saw their doom, and disappeared. American Merchant Ships and Sailors To hear was also to heed, and the great flatboat, coming about awkwardly and sluggishly, turned her square prow toward the southern shore, where the refugee stood. The Forest Runners A Story of the Great War Trail in Early Kentucky So other men as well as fishermen live on small flatboats in the rivers near the big towns. Big People and Little People of Other Lands These flatboats were floated down the Ohio and Mississippi rivers to New Orleans, where the cargoes were sold. Abe Lincoln Gets His Chance But here he was, showing no more hesitation than had marked his course from the moment he left the side of the flatboat. The Phantom of the River But two hundred and eighty-seven steamboats also tied up to the levee that year, and the end of the flatboat days was in sight. American Merchant Ships and Sailors It was the flatboat with its living freight, and Paul's heart, despite his own desperate position, leaped up with joy. The Forest Runners A Story of the Great War Trail in Early Kentucky A fleet of flatboats was also sent thither, and twelve hundred troops marched overland to embark in them, under Brigadier Murray. Montcalm and Wolfe It had taken the boys a month to make the trip downstream by flatboat. Abe Lincoln Gets His Chance Allowing for those that had fallen in the attack upon the flatboat, fully half a dozen of the warriors were absent. The Phantom of the River In 1817 fifteen hundred flatboats and five hundred barges tied up to the levee. American Merchant Ships and Sailors A large fleet of Dutch flatboats had been despatched to help convey the English army, thirsting for conquest, across the sea. Charles the Bold Last Duke of Burgundy, 1433-1477 On the night of the fourth a fleet of flatboats passed above the town with the baggage and stores. Montcalm and Wolfe In the month of March, 1831, in company with others, I commenced the building of a flatboat on the Sangamon, and finished and took her out in the course of the spring. Lincoln's Inaugurals, Addresses and Letters (Selections) The scheme that had been in the mind of the good man from the moment he paddled away from the flatboat was fully assented to by The Panther. The Phantom of the River The decade during which the steamboats and the flatboats still struggled for the mastery, was the most picturesque period of Mississippi River life. American Merchant Ships and Sailors Here were two flatboats drawn up on the beach. The Nameless Castle There were nine hundred bateaux, a hundred and thirty-five whaleboats, and a large number of heavy flatboats carrying the artillery. Montcalm and Wolfe The trunks were put on my flatboat, the passengers seated themselves on the trunks, and I sculled them out to the steamer. The Every-day Life of Abraham Lincoln A Narrative And Descriptive Biography With Pen-Pictures And Personal Recollections By Those Who Knew Him As you know, the flatboat kept on down the river till it reached the clearing this morning. The Phantom of the River One man at Fort Pitt saw fifty flatboats set forth between the first of March and the middle of April, 1787. American Merchant Ships and Sailors They was animal shows but they had em on a boat, kind of a flatboat. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 2 In April he started on this flatboat for New Orleans, which he reached in May. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 2, January, 1896 Just before the river expedition, Lincoln had walked with a young girl down to the river to show her his flatboat. The Every-day Life of Abraham Lincoln A Narrative And Descriptive Biography With Pen-Pictures And Personal Recollections By Those Who Knew Him Five, ten, fifteen minutes passed, during which the warrior, sitting on the ground, with his back against the tree, remained as motionless as did The Panther, when a prisoner the night before on the flatboat. The Phantom of the River The voyage took fourteen days, and before undertaking it, he descended the two rivers in a flatboat, to familiarize himself with the channel. American Merchant Ships and Sailors Sometimes the rivers were deep, and the wagons were ferried over on a flatboat that was fastened to a wire rope, while oxen and horses swam through the water behind them. Stories of California Obliged to turn his hand to something, he piloted down the Sangamon and Illinois rivers, as far as Beardstown, a flatboat bearing the family and goods of a pioneer bound for Texas. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 2, January, 1896 I can see from where I write the identical place where he cut the timbers for his flatboat, which he built at a little village called Sangamon Town, seven miles northwest of Springfield. The Every-day Life of Abraham Lincoln A Narrative And Descriptive Biography With Pen-Pictures And Personal Recollections By Those Who Knew Him There was nothing in the appearance of the flatboat to interest him, nor could he note any change in the looks of the cabin. The Phantom of the River Landed on the lake shore near some little stream, the immigrants would build flatboats, and painfully pole their way into the interior to some spot that took their fancy. American Merchant Ships and Sailors On the 7th of January the hastily equipped detachment started, fourteen hundred infantrymen going down the ice-clogged Cumberland in flatboats and six hundred and seventy mounted riflemen proceeding by land. The Reign of Andrew Jackson I saw Bob and several other boys, grimy with blacking, chasing each other across the flatboats, but Dickens was not there. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 01 Little Journeys to the Homes of Good Men and Great I was contemplating my new flatboat, and wondering whether I could make it stronger or improve it in any way, when two men came down to the shore in carriages with trunks. The Every-day Life of Abraham Lincoln A Narrative And Descriptive Biography With Pen-Pictures And Personal Recollections By Those Who Knew Him He counts upon securing that canoe which was left with the flatboat, and has hope of finding another near the gulch. The Phantom of the River In 1809 a New York man, by name Nicholas J. Roosevelt, set out from Pittsburg in a flatboat of the usual type, to make the voyage to New Orleans. American Merchant Ships and Sailors The flatboat, tossed by the wind and waves, seemed to writhe in agony, while now and then the trunks of uprooted trees, lifted by the waves, smote it as they passed. Strange True Stories of Louisiana During the night he put forth on his flatboats, which were driven out of their course and much dispersed by untoward winds. George Washington May it improve rivers deep enough already to float ships and steamboats, and has it no power to improve those which are navigable only for flatboats and barges? A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 4, part 3: James Knox Polk "Am dis de flatboat, and am I in de cellar ob it?" he asked himself. The Phantom of the River Could it run the falls at Louisville, or be dragged around them as the flatboats often were? American Merchant Ships and Sailors When I got back to the flatboat I sent her some chemises, petticoats, stockings, and a pair of shoes. Strange True Stories of Louisiana He would cross the York River in flatboats, land at Gloucester, and march up the country through Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and New York. George Washington The night was black and the lake noisy when we got under way, bound for a flatboat ferry. D'Ri and I It will be remembered that he suddenly formed the decision to incase himself in armor, so to speak, by using one of the several boxes that had been brought down the river on the flatboat. The Phantom of the River The flatboat was the sum of human ingenuity applied to river navigation. American Merchant Ships and Sailors The early company went in a flatboat; these went in a round-bottom boat. Strange True Stories of Louisiana In Washington's time pioneers, leaving Pittsburg, floated down the Ohio River in flatboats. A Short History of the United States He is on the flatboat; I saw his hat over the levee. The Grandissimes When everything was ready to start, the flatboat refused to stir so much as an inch. The Phantom of the River A farmer of bold heart and money-making temper might, after selling his crop, build a flatboat, load it with flour, bacon, salt, beef, and tobacco, and start for New Orleans. The Winning of the West, Volume 3 The Founding of the Trans-Alleghany Commonwealths, 1784-1790 The flatboat had been divided into four chambers. Strange True Stories of Louisiana Then the flotilla of clumsy flatboats, manned by tall riflemen, rowed and drifted cautiously down the Ohio between the melancholy and unbroken reaches of Indian-haunted forest. The Winning of the West, Volume 2 From the Alleghanies to the Mississippi, 1777-1783 Just abreast of them lay a flatboat, emptied of its cargo and moored to the levee. The Grandissimes Then he made haste to hoist the anchor, and once more the flatboat resumed its singular voyage up the Ohio. The Phantom of the River It was here he met Lincoln, and made the "pins" for the flatboat. McClure's Magazine December, 1895 The flatboat was to go in three days. Strange True Stories of Louisiana There was a panic throughout this vicinity a few days ago, over the landing of a flatboat, and the coming ashore of the unfortunates who were on it. Round Anvil Rock A Romance In the flatboat would be his cattle or his stores. A School History of the United States Kenton had captured the canoe, for he and it were gone when the youth boarded the flatboat. The Phantom of the River Sangamon town, where Mr. Lincoln built the flatboat, has, since his day, completely disappeared from the earth; but then it was one of the flourishing settlements on the river of that name. McClure's Magazine December, 1895 "On board a flatboat," said my father, "a breach of form is permissible." Strange True Stories of Louisiana I promised faithfully to pay for that cargo of salt to-day, so that it would be on the river bank ready for loading when the flatboat comes to-morrow. Round Anvil Rock A Romance For months each year the Ohio was dotted with flatboats. A School History of the United States All this time the flatboat, with its broad spread of sail, was gliding steadily up the Ohio, keeping as close as was prudent to the Kentucky shore. The Phantom of the River The celebrated flatboat built by Lincoln and by him piloted to New Orleans, was a much larger and better craft than the one here portrayed. McClure's Magazine December, 1895 The flatboat continued its course, and some slight signs of civilization began to appear at long intervals. Strange True Stories of Louisiana We have also had news of the coming of a large flatboat with a rich cargo, which is due to pass down the river by Duff's Fort some time during to-morrow night. Round Anvil Rock A Romance He brought a lot of families on a big boat called a flatboat. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 1 "Wal, the ghost of that flatboat is coming up the river; it's right off shore; it'll be among us in a few minutes; we had better take to the woods." The Phantom of the River The flatboat was done in about a month, and Lincoln and his friends prepared to leave Sangamon. McClure's Magazine December, 1895 The enormous flatboat, that Suzanne had likened to a giant tortoise, darted now like an arrow, dragged by the current. Strange True Stories of Louisiana He intended, in the spring, to load this on a flatboat and send it down the river to New Orleans. Four Great Americans: Washington, Franklin, Webster, Lincoln A Book for Young Americans Then, changing his tone, he pointed to his officers, his guard, the long files of the militia, and the two flatboats, mounted with cannon, which lay in the river near by. France and England in North America; a Series of Historical Narratives — Part 3 The appearance of the flatboat is so strange that it gave you all a good scare, and no wonder that it did so. The Phantom of the River The flatboat built and loaded, the party started for New Orleans about the middle of April. McClure's Magazine December, 1895 And while we dressed, Pat, always prowling about the cottage, was sent to the flatboat to get his parents and the Carlos, and to M. Gerbeau's to ask my father and M. and Mme. Strange True Stories of Louisiana The next April saw young Lincoln piloting another flatboat down the Mississippi to New Orleans. Four Great Americans: Washington, Franklin, Webster, Lincoln A Book for Young Americans In half an hour they were abreast of the flotilla, consisting of flatboats laden with troops. True to the Old Flag A Tale of the American War of Independence "Because they are scared, as all of you were by the flatboat and its sail." The Phantom of the River We propose to build a flatboat for the purpose of ferrying over the river, and have had the lumber necessary for that purpose hauled from St. George to Kanab. Canyons of the Colorado "He had taken up enough land," says Françoise, "for five principalities, and was already knocking the flatboat to pieces." Strange True Stories of Louisiana Mr. Offut, the owner of the flatboat which he had taken down, then employed him to act as clerk in a country store which he had at New Salem. Four Great Americans: Washington, Franklin, Webster, Lincoln A Book for Young Americans At first it seemed a mere trick of the shadows; then, as he watched it more closely, he wondered if it could be a flatboat, drawn out of the water. Tom of the Raiders Everything depended upon boarding the flatboat and pushing off at once from shore. The Phantom of the River They had crossed over in a large flatboat with a number of other families, so that now they were near their own home again. The Daughter of the Chieftain : the Story of an Indian Girl But when it happened that the flatboat made an early stop to let our men rest, the programme was changed. Strange True Stories of Louisiana From Pittsburg they floated down the Ohio in a flatboat in company with several other young emigrant families. John James Audubon "It's a flatboat or a raft," he said to himself. Tom of the Raiders Within a minute of reaching the flatboat it seemed that every one of the pioneers was on board. The Phantom of the River The "export trade" of the Indiana farmers was with New Orleans, the goods being carried on flatboats. The Lincoln Story Book A Judicious Collection of the Best Stories and Anecdotes of the Great President, Many Appearing Here for the First Time in Book Form I have promised you the story of my life, my very dear and good friends with whom I have had so much pleasure on board the flatboat which has brought us all to Attakapas. Strange True Stories of Louisiana Leaving his family behind him, he started for New Orleans on a flatboat. John James Audubon The old flatboat seemed ready to slide from under him at any minute. Tom of the Raiders "Jump over after it," commanded Kenton, who himself would have done what he ordered but for the need of his presence on the flatboat. The Phantom of the River Accordingly one of them asked, indicating the flatboat: "Who owns this?" The Lincoln Story Book A Judicious Collection of the Best Stories and Anecdotes of the Great President, Many Appearing Here for the First Time in Book Form Think how reassuring all this was, and the more when they informed us that this was the first time a flatboat had ventured into the bayou! Strange True Stories of Louisiana Huck was sitting on the gunwale of a flatboat, listlessly dangling his feet in the water and looking very melancholy. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Part 6. I finally reached this side of the river on the flatboat, and swam ashore. Tom of the Raiders He was in this attitude of expectancy when, from the flatboat, came the sharp crack of a rifle, and the savage plunged over, head first, with a smothered shriek, and sank from sight. The Phantom of the River As he had "tried" the river a good deal with the flatboats, he answered, he would try and do the best he could. The Lincoln Story Book A Judicious Collection of the Best Stories and Anecdotes of the Great President, Many Appearing Here for the First Time in Book Form At last, thanks to Heaven, our flatboat came off victor over the snags, and after some hours we arrived at the Indian village of which you have heard me tell. Strange True Stories of Louisiana King's Bridge, as you may know, was fired some months ago by the rebels, and the flatboat used for ferrying has been abandoned on account of the ice. An Unwilling Maid Being the History of Certain Episodes during the American Revolution in the Early Life of Mistress Betty Yorke, born Wolcott If it's a flatboat or a raft, I'll try to get across on that. Tom of the Raiders Boone, Kenton, the missionary and most of the men had leaped into the flatboat and crouched low, where all seemed huddled together in inextricable confusion. The Phantom of the River To take the conceit out of the upstart who had leaped from the flatboat deck to behind the counter at the store--the acme of a bumpkin's ambition--they selected their bully. The Lincoln Story Book A Judicious Collection of the Best Stories and Anecdotes of the Great President, Many Appearing Here for the First Time in Book Form Presently several came close to the flatboat and showed us two deer and some wild turkeys and ducks, the spoils of their hunting. Strange True Stories of Louisiana They were fifty in number, besides two flatboats to be used as a ferry to cross the artillery. Military Reminiscences of the Civil War, Volume 2 November 1863-June 1865 He went to the water; the end of the flatboat was two yards from the river. Tom of the Raiders It was blowing not so strongly as before, but with sufficient power to start the flatboat slowly up stream. The Phantom of the River Floyd had in fact succeeded in raising two small flatboats which Tyler had sunk but had not entirely destroyed. Military Reminiscences of the Civil War, Volume 1 April 1861-November 1863 And, to make all complete, troops of hungry alligators clambered upon the sides of our flatboat with jaws open to devour us. Strange True Stories of Louisiana The enemy has destroyed all flatboats within reach, but I may hunt some up. Military Reminiscences of the Civil War, Volume 2 November 1863-June 1865 The flatboat had shipped about two inches of water, and more was entering just as fast as it could flow through the cracks. Tom of the Raiders The flatboat was now so far out in the river that the firing had ceased on both sides. The Phantom of the River After a day or two we were able to keep pickets on that side with a flatboat and hawser to bring them back, covered by artillery on our side of the Kanawha. Military Reminiscences of the Civil War, Volume 1 April 1861-November 1863 Suddenly two men with guns came out of the woods, but at the sight of the flatboat stood petrified. Strange True Stories of Louisiana Colonel Stanley took the lead with General Hazen in one of the flatboats, having a good guide. Military Reminiscences of the Civil War, Volume 2 November 1863-June 1865 Nearer and nearer came the sound of oars, and suddenly a large flatboat, crowded with men, loomed up through the darkness. Frank on the Lower Mississippi The ranger headed the course for a point that would land them considerably below where the friends in the flatboat were awaiting their coming. The Phantom of the River Schenck was ordered to prepare wagon bodies as temporary boats, to make such flatboats as he could, and get ready to cross the New River at Townsend's Ferry, about fifteen miles above Gauley Bridge. Military Reminiscences of the Civil War, Volume 1 April 1861-November 1863 On the morrow the people in the flatboat came to say good-bye. Strange True Stories of Louisiana "Kentucky flatboats" for use on the Ohio were half roofed and slighter. A Brief History of the United States As in his youth he saved the flatboat, so in his mature years he saved the nation. The Life of Abraham Lincoln The ferry-boat was a large bateau, or flatboat, the slope at the ends being so gradual that a wagon could pass down over it to the bottom of the boat. Haste and Waste; Or, the Young Pilot of Lake Champlain. a Story for Young People Pittsburgh burned only wood for fuel, the wood being brought down on flatboats. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 09 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Reformers Two days after the flatboat had gone, we having spent the night with Alix, came M. Gerbeau's carriage to take us once more upon our journey. Strange True Stories of Louisiana Favored by the river system, the farmers of the West were able to float their produce, on raft and flatboat, to New Orleans. A Brief History of the United States Burr marked him, talked to him, walked with him, took him a day or two's voyage in his flatboat, and, in short, fascinated him. Public Speaking There were plenty of boards at hand to make a runway for the engine, and in a little while it was on the flatboat. The Young Firemen of Lakeville; or, Herbert Dare's Pluck "Be careful!" shouted Baxter, for the benefit of the man on the flatboat. The Rover Boys on the Ocean Or, a chase for a fortune We were therefore enchanted to learn that she would be with us on board the flatboat, and that papa had engaged her services in place of the attendants we had to leave behind. Strange True Stories of Louisiana In 1830 his father moved to Illinois, where Lincoln helped build the cabin and split the rails to fence in the land, and then went on another flatboat voyage to New Orleans. A Brief History of the United States Here stood an officer, while in the water lay a flatboat which already held, besides two rowers, a horse and a pair of fat saddle-bags. Janice Meredith They put their flatboat close to the side of the blazing craft, where there were no flames, and made fast. The Young Firemen of Lakeville; or, Herbert Dare's Pluck Never suspecting that he had been regaled with a string of falsehoods, the farmer let go with his boathook, and yacht and flatboat speedily drifted apart. The Rover Boys on the Ocean Or, a chase for a fortune We found the camp deserted; all our companions were on board the flatboat. Strange True Stories of Louisiana While cooking my rice and slowly developing an omelet, I calculated upon the chances of finding the lost flatboat. Four Months in a Sneak-Box A dark, bobbing object showed, vanished, showed again to enlarge—to take the shape of a big flatboat—and then it rode the swift, choppy current out of the lower end of the rapid. The Rainbow Trail Several members of the bucket brigade assisted the boys in getting the engine off the flatboat. The Young Firemen of Lakeville; or, Herbert Dare's Pluck "What does this mean?" asked the man in the flatboat. The Rover Boys on the Ocean Or, a chase for a fortune Thence we shall return to the flatboat, and all that two men can do to save our fortune shall be done. Strange True Stories of Louisiana Then in summer we hire a high flat ashore,—not a flatboat,—I mean a bit of land along the river, and raise a crop of corn, 'taters, and cabbage. Four Months in a Sneak-Box There's a big flatboat at the Durango crossing. The Rainbow Trail After much persuasion I had got the consent of my mother to go, and had constructed a flatboat large enough to take the few barrels of things we had gathered to New Orleans. Eclectic School Readings: Stories from Life Then a man came out from shore in a large flatboat. The Rover Boys on the Ocean Or, a chase for a fortune One evening the flatboat stopped a few miles only from where is now the village of Pattersonville. Strange True Stories of Louisiana The owner of the flatboat with whom I had entered the bayou intended to fish for the settlement. Four Months in a Sneak-Box The current accelerated its sliding motion and bore the flatboat straight for the middle of the curve. The Rainbow Trail When the settler arrived at the waters of the Ohio, he either took a steamboat or placed his possessions on a flatboat, or ark, and floated down the river to his destination. Rise of the New West, 1819-1829 As early as 1782, we are told, Jacob Yoder, a Pennsylvania German, set sail from the Monongahela country with the first flatboat to descend the Ohio and Mississippi. The Paths of Inland Commerce; a chronicle of trail, road, and waterway You remember I have often told you of an awning stretched at the stern of the flatboat? Strange True Stories of Louisiana My flatboat companions made known to me a curious feature of river physics well known to the great floating population of the western streams. Four Months in a Sneak-Box They eventually obtained flatboats, on which they floated down the Mississippi and then pushed up the Ohio to a point in Kentucky whence they proceeded on foot. The Cleveland Era; a chronicle of the new order in politics Early in the story of the United States men made commercial journeys from the head of the Ohio to the mouth of the Mississippi by flatboats, and came back by keelboats. The Passing of the Frontier; a chronicle of the old West The warehouses were under government supervision and inspection as early as 1795, and innumerable flatboats were already bearing cargoes of bright leaf southward in the last decade of the century. The Paths of Inland Commerce; a chronicle of trail, road, and waterway When we had brilliant moonlight the flatboat would continue its course to a late hour. Strange True Stories of Louisiana About ten o'clock in the forenoon the proprietor of the flatboat decided, as it was Sunday, to run into a bend of the river and tie up for the day. Four Months in a Sneak-Box A flatboat trip down the great river was likely to be filled with excitement. The Old Northwest : A chronicle of the Ohio Valley and beyond Twenty or thirty thousand of these westerners on flatboats could come down the river and sweep everything before them. Jefferson and His Colleagues; a chronicle of the Virginia dynasty Though few Europeans had made this laborious journey before 1800, the Natchez Trace had been for many years the land route of thousands of returning rivermen who had descended the Mississippi in flatboat and barge. The Paths of Inland Commerce; a chronicle of trail, road, and waterway The flatboat has probably but ten minutes to live. Strange True Stories of Louisiana I had rowed fifty-three miles that day, and did ample justice to the Christmas dinner on the flatboat. Four Months in a Sneak-Box When the flatboat reached its destination, it might find service as a floating store, or even as a schoolhouse. The Old Northwest : A chronicle of the Ohio Valley and beyond I am not ashamed to confess that twenty-five years ago I was a hired laborer, mauling rails, at work on a flatboat—just what might happen to any poor man's son! The Writings of Abraham Lincoln — Volume 5: 1858-1862 The flatboat and barge therefore served the West and its commerce as the Conestoga and turnpike served the East. The Paths of Inland Commerce; a chronicle of trail, road, and waterway The trouble was this: Mario was taking with him in his flatboat his wife and his four children; his wife and four children were simply—mulattoes. Strange True Stories of Louisiana I was conscious that I had left the flatboat, and that steamers, snags, and eddies must be looked out for, or disaster would come quickly upon me. Four Months in a Sneak-Box Just as the little flotilla of clumsy flatboats was caught by the rapid current, the landscape was darkened by an eclipse of the sun. The Old Northwest : A chronicle of the Ohio Valley and beyond True a flatboat will float faster than an egg shell and the egg shell might be blown away by the wind, but if under the same influence they would go the same way. The Writings of Abraham Lincoln — Volume 2: 1843-1858 If we ask how he loaded his flatboat or barge, we are told that "one squint of his eye would blister a bull's heel." The Paths of Inland Commerce; a chronicle of trail, road, and waterway At last the 15th of May came, and papa took us on board the flatboat and helped us to find our way to our apartment. Strange True Stories of Louisiana A scow, or flatboat, about twenty feet long by ten or twelve wide, is roughly constructed. Four Months in a Sneak-Box In later days the flatboat, if in reasonably good condition, was not unlikely to be sold to persons engaged in trading down the Mississippi. The Old Northwest : A chronicle of the Ohio Valley and beyond The first of these carried him again as a flatboat hand to New Orleans. The Writings of Abraham Lincoln — Volume 1: 1832-1843 In order to descend the Ohio, Baily obtained a flatboat, thirty-six feet long and twelve feet broad, which drew eighteen inches of water and was of ten tons burden. The Paths of Inland Commerce; a chronicle of trail, road, and waterway One day the latter was in the Sangamon River with his trousers rolled up five feet—more or less—trying to pilot a flatboat over a mill-dam. Lincoln's Yarns and Stories: a complete collection of the funny and witty anecdotes that made Lincoln famous as America's greatest story teller The first party to leave Nauvoo began crossing the Mississippi early in February, 1846, using flatboats propelled by oars for the wagons and animals, and small boats for persons and the lighter baggage. The Story of the Mormons, from the date of their origin to the year 1901 Before sawmills became common, lumber was a precious commodity, and hundreds of pioneer cabins in the Ohio Valley were built partly or wholly of the boards and timbers taken from the flatboats of their owners. The Old Northwest : A chronicle of the Ohio Valley and beyond In about half an hour we saw some sixty or seventy rafts, or flatboats, without riggers, filled with savages, and coming round the southern bight of the harbor. The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 3 From Natchez to New Orleans the charge for transportation by flatboat was a dollar and a half a bag. The Paths of Inland Commerce; a chronicle of trail, road, and waterway To reach their destination, they had to cross a shallow stream, and did so by means of an old flatboat. Lincoln's Yarns and Stories: a complete collection of the funny and witty anecdotes that made Lincoln famous as America's greatest story teller She saw the big flatboat sweep into line of sight at the same time Joel turned into the current. Wildfire The most common of these one-way vessels was the flatboat. The Old Northwest : A chronicle of the Ohio Valley and beyond A flatboat, with a man standing to the oars, bore down swiftly. The Last of the Plainsmen The bags contained from one hundred and fifty to two hundred and fifty pounds, and each flatboat carried about two hundred and fifty bags. The Paths of Inland Commerce; a chronicle of trail, road, and waterway When Lincoln was nineteen years of age, he went to work for a Mr. Gentry, and, in company with Gentry's son, took a flatboat load of provisions to New Orleans. Lincoln's Yarns and Stories: a complete collection of the funny and witty anecdotes that made Lincoln famous as America's greatest story teller Perhaps once a month the big, clumsy flatboat was rowed across the river with horses or cattle or sheep. Wildfire In May they started down the Ohio in flatboats to undertake the allotted task. Hero Tales from American History As a youth, during his flatboat voyages to New Orleans he had seen negroes chained and beaten, and the injustice of slavery had been stamped upon his soul. The Boys' Life of Abraham Lincoln Luckily, however, there was at hand an army of unusual men—the "alligator-horses" of the flatboat era—upon whom the steamboat could call with supreme confidence that they would not fail. The Paths of Inland Commerce; a chronicle of trail, road, and waterway He made a trip to New Orleans as a "hand" on a flatboat. Lincoln; An Account of his Personal Life, Especially of its Springs of Action as Revealed and Deepened by the Ordeal of War Lucy rode across the bar to the shore where the Indians were loading the sheep into an immense rude flatboat. Wildfire For their transportation ashore we carried a stout flatboat, brought for the purpose in the steamer's hold. Roads of Destiny The young men promptly offered to make the flatboat, since one was not to be bought; and they set to work, felling the trees for it on the banks of the stream. The Boys' Life of Abraham Lincoln The latter had already reached the other shore in his flatboat, and presently the little boat put out again with the stranger seated at the stern. The Spirit of the Border In our day, for instance, Napoleon was condemned by our contemporaries when he spread his eagle's wings to alight in England: only 1822 could explain 1804 and the flatboats at Boulogne. The Atheist's Mass Trade does not seem to have been brisk, for Offut soon increased his venture by renting the Rutledge and Cameron mill, on whose historic dam the flatboat had come to grief. The Boys' Life of Abraham Lincoln |
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