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pages 218-219

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Identifier ORU_WTXT_026el http://oregondigital.org/u?/wwdl,746
Title pages 218-219
Relation Down The Columbia
Date 2004-08-11
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Description tion. The town is some little distance below the Falls, and quite out of sight of the river, which flows here between very high banks. We stopped at the hotel for lunch before completing the portage. After talking the situation over with Captain Armstrong, I decided to fall in with his suggestion to pass Grand Rapids as well as Kettle Falls in the portage. There were only about five miles of boatable water between the foot of the latter and the head of the former, and then an arduous...

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