standing on the bow of the boat next to them
was 40 cords of wood piled up this with
other loading kept the bow down in such
a manner that it was judged their was
50 tons of water on her bow deck at a time
at one time the bow run under water & some
thought she would never right one wave
that broke over set the asses afloat
broke the petetion between them & the steerage
cabin & washed two of the asses down
threw into the births among men woman &
children it killed one of the asses in the
fall the asses & water together drove all the
steerage passengers out of their cabin on
deck about this time while the boat was
labouring hard against wind & water she
broke one of her wheel chains I then herd
the cry all is lost, but about 30 of us
passengers caught hold of the two detatched
ends of the chain & held them together
untill they were mended with ropes the bote
lay partly upon her side it tore up the floor &
broke down the births in the steerage state rooms
oposite of us & we expected evry moment
ours would share the same fate in one instance
the waves broke over the upper deck it took
four men to manage the wheel they tried to
turn the boat three times but could not untill
day light when it was accomplished & returned
to the manitau Island at about 3 oclock being
about 24 hours in the gale they again took on
40 cords of wood as they had flung 20 cords
overboard in the storm to lighten the bow of the
boat orders were given to that effect we rem
ained at the Manitau Island untill next morning
I felt thankful to God to once more get my
foot on land I felt that the Lord herd our
prayrs & deliverd us, their was praying, crying,
singing & swaring at the same time in the
mids of the storm it was a trying time to all

September 26, 1841 ~ Sunday