. Among the red-skins; or, Over the Rocky mountains . the bank ofthe river at the edge of a thick belt of trees, which hereintervened between it and the cliffs, when a roar as ofdistant thunder reached our ears. Look out! look out! cried the Indians in chorus,and they pointed upwards. We did look, and there we saw the whole side of themountain, as it seemed, in movement. Huge rocks andvast masses of ice came rolling down towards the spotwe were passing over, threatening to overwhelm us. Down rushed the fearful avalanche. One huge rockwas so directing its course that our destruction seemedcerta
. Among the red-skins; or, Over the Rocky mountains . the bank ofthe river at the edge of a thick belt of trees, which hereintervened between it and the cliffs, when a roar as ofdistant thunder reached our ears. Look out! look out! cried the Indians in chorus,and they pointed upwards. We did look, and there we saw the whole side of themountain, as it seemed, in movement. Huge rocks andvast masses of ice came rolling down towards the spotwe were passing over, threatening to overwhelm us. Down rushed the fearful avalanche. One huge rockwas so directing its course that our destruction seemedcertain, when it crashed in among the trees, tearingseveral up by the roots, but meeting with one of alarger size, just before it reached us, it was turned aside,and forcing its way through the remainder, it plungedinto the river, not many feet from where we stood. As may be supposed, we did not camp at that spot,but, thankful for our preservation, pushed on to where,the valley slightly widening out, we ran less risk of beingoverwhelmed by an THE SLEIGU WEHT ROLLING OVER A>> OVER, UNTIL TIIEY PLUNGED TO THE BOTTOM,—^iSee p. 79.)
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