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pages 264-265

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Identifier ORU_WTXT_026fk http://oregondigital.org/u?/wwdl,772
Title pages 264-265
Relation Down The Columbia
Date 2004-08-16
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Description "deck" of the raft, and finally, when we had recovered a bit of breath, of Ike and me toiling at the sweep. To save time, we had lunch on the raft, taking Earl's portion up to him in the skiff. Ike, announcing that he would need a crew of four or five men to handle the raft in Box Canyon, was scouting for hands all afternoon. Whenever a farm or a ferry appeared in the distance, we would pull ahead in the skiff and he would dash ashore and pursue intensive recruiting until the raft had come...

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