Word: agawam
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...began to spurt for the corner, and her stroke rose to 38. Harvard responded, and at the two-mile flag had opened half a length of clear water between her opponent's boat and her own. Harvard kept away very wide from the corner at the mouth of the Agawam, and for a short distance Yale seemed to be the inside crew; but presently Harvard swung around and again took the inside. Yale was now at 35 and Harvard at 32, and when the three-mile flag was reached that same half-length of clear water was still between...
...mind racing Yale; but confess, with sorrow, that our crew is not heavy enough to row against the Agawam ferry-boat...