penelore

Updated: August 16, 2026

As the curious craft was borne along the current of the river, the Indians attempted to approach her, bent upon hostile attempts, and once a party of them pursued the boat in hot chase, but their endurance was not equal to that of steam. These children of the forest gazed upon the snorting, fire-breathing monster with undisguised awe, and called it "Penelore" the fire-canoe.

Nathaniel H. (Nathaniel Holmes) Bishop - Four Months in a Sneak-Box