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pages 350-351

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Identifier ORU_WTXT_026he http://oregondigital.org/u?/wwdl,817
Title pages 350-351
Relation Down The Columbia
Date 2004-08-23
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Description Gate—the third gorge of that hackneyed name I had encountered since pushing off from Beavermouth. Possibly it was because I was fed-up with the name and all it connoted that I avoided this channel ; more likely it was because Romance was at the tow-line. At any rate, I headed into the broad shallow channel that flows by the mouth of the River Des Chutes. It was up this tumultuous stream that Fremont, after camping at the Dalles and making a short boat voyage below, started south over the...

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