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pages 182-183

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Identifier ORU_WTXT_025cn http://oregondigital.org/u?/wwdl,334
Title pages 182-183
Relation The Columbia Unveiled
Date 2004-07-14
Rights This item is in the public domain. Acknowledgement of the University of Oregon Libraries as a source is requested.
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Description Image Caption: LOOKING UP DEATH RAPIDS, WAVES FIFTEEN FEET HIGH --page break-- foothold. The only thing to do is to run quickly across, in the swift current, between the two rapids, land on the left hand side, and then line. We had found the missing rowlock in the bottom of the boat, under the floor boards, and using the new oar we easily made the crossing, and started lining. In a short distance we came to a low point ending in a large, partly submerged rock, around which the water rushed,...

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