Record Details
pages 96-97
Oregon Digital
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Identifier | ORU_WTXT_025aw http://oregondigital.org/u?/wwdl,322 |
| Title | pages 96-97 |
| Relation | The Columbia Unveiled |
| Date | 2004-07-07 |
| Rights | This item is in the public domain. Acknowledgement of the University of Oregon Libraries as a source is requested. |
| Type | page |
| Format | Scanned from originals using Silverfast AI 6.0 on UMAX Powerlook III flatbed scanner. Scanned images saved as 16 bit grayscale tiffs. 126,570 bytes 8 bit - Gray Gamma 2.2 - grayscale Omnipage 14 used to OCR 8 bit grayscale tiffs and generate text files for full text access. 16 bit grayscale tiffs edited in Photoshop 6.0: cropped, rotated, reduced in size, levels adjusted from 0 - 1.00 - 255 to 0 - 1.00 - 249, bit depth reduced to 8 and JPEGs created. |
| Description | Boundary; and navigated it, from Grand Rapids to Snake River, in a 30-foot batteau with a crew of four Indians and a Canadian half-breed called Old Pierre. His published report gives his experience at what is now known as Box Canon. "Every stroke of the oar is bearing us onward nearer and nearer to that portion of our voyage most dreaded, the terrible Kalichen Falls or Whirlpool Rapids. We hear the low rumbling of the water, and see the top of the high basaltic rocks and white foam of the... |
