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pages 352-353

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Identifier ORU_WTXT_025fu http://oregondigital.org/u?/wwdl,420
Title pages 352-353
Relation The Columbia Unveiled
Date 2004-07-20
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: FIRST VIEW OF TIMBER IN CASCADE RANGE, ALSO SHOWING TERRACES --page break-- had a custom of burying their dead on rocky islands in the River where their bodies could not be reached and devoured by wild beasts. To such a place the dead man and his canoe were carried and raised to the top of the rock; the canoe was then fixed so that the bow was slightly raised, a hole bored in the stern for the egress of water, and the body resting therein was covered with mats. Vic. Trevett,...

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