“We were therefore obliged to unload our boats of their cargoes and pas...” — William Henry Ashley Quote

“We were therefore obliged to unload our boats of their cargoes and pass them empty over the falls by means of long cords which we had provided for such purposes.”

“The snow continues with high winds we remain at this camp to day in consequence of the weather.”

“After an unremitting and severe labour of two days, we returned to our old encampment with the loss of some of my horses, and my men excessively fatigued.”

“Several speeches were made by the chiefs during the council, all expressive in the highest degree of their friendly disposition towards our government, and their conduct in every particular manifested the sincerity of their declarations.”

“Snow is so common that I have omitted to note its falling at least two days out of Three.”

“These people were well dressed in skins, had some guns, but armed generally with bows and arrows and such other instruments of war as are common among the Indians of the Missouri.”

“I was always good at fixing things growing up. I wanted to work on boats. That was what my dad did.”

“When I first started on 'Dragons' Den,' I was under pressure to buy flashy cars and boats but I resisted.”

“I grew up in Newport, so I went to Boston growing up. The city holds a lot of special memories of my childhood, like the Swan Boats and Make Way for Ducklings.”

“Cruising on the old rice boats in Kerala, southern India, with my wife was amazing.”

“I was proud of the waves I had made, but wondered how many boats I was supposed to rock.”

“My father worked in a grocery store. When the grocery chain went into administration, he eventually got a job in the naval dockyard in an office preparing the charts for the boats and the submarines before they headed out.”