Long Knife (2010)
“George had announced only this morning, at muster, that they were going to be shooting the rapids, so that they would not have time to think about it. Many had blanched under their weathered skin at the news, but they had learned to keep their mouths shut and do as they were told. They had listened grimly as he told the helmsmen how to get through the channel. They were to follow his boat, which would be in the charge of Simon Butler during the three-mile descent. Butler had acted jolly and non...chalant, joking with the helmsmen and trying to make it seem like child’s play.
Now, double-manning the oars, they rowed upstream against a fast current, heard the rush of the Falls with high-beating hearts, then turned the boats about a mile upstream, swung close to the northern shore and started down past Corn Island and into the intimidating maelstrom. They had a glimpse of two or three people watching them from the north shore of the island.
George was in the bow of the lead boat, the red-and-green Virginia flag rippling beside him, and Butler stood braced in the stern, directing Davey Pagan the steersman with cheerful orders.MoreLess
Now, double-manning the oars, they rowed upstream against a fast current, heard the rush of the Falls with high-beating hearts, then turned the boats about a mile upstream, swung close to the northern shore and started down past Corn Island and into the intimidating maelstrom. They had a glimpse of two or three people watching them from the north shore of the island.
George was in the bow of the lead boat, the red-and-green Virginia flag rippling beside him, and Butler stood braced in the stern, directing Davey Pagan the steersman with cheerful orders.MoreLess
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