Celilo Falls and The Dalles portage — John Ordway: October 25, 1805

baggage by land about one mile past the worst of the narrows,
then took one canoe at a time down the narrows and whorl pools,
one of the canoes filled with water running through the narrows
we got all below and loaded the canoes we have now 16 bags of
Sammon on board about 3 oClock P. M. we Set out and pro-
ceeded on the narrows continued about 2 miles and verry rapid.
2 Small Islands of Sollid rock stood in these narrows one of the
canoes was near dashing in peaces by Strikeing hir bow against
the upper point of one of them, the River between these narrows
and the great falls rises at high water 48 feet perpenticular by its
being confined by the different narrows, near the lower end of
the narrows we saw a war party of Indians which had jest Swam
the River to the Stard Side with their horses, they had some
venison &C with them, we halted a fiew minutes and our officers
Smoaked with them they gave us some bears oil and a little
venison and Some fresh fish, we went [on] our 2 chiefs told us
that their was a nation below which they were at war with and
they did not wish to go any further with us so our officers Settled
with them and they returned back to their nation, we then went
on Saw Some drumm fish jumping in the River the River git-
ting Smoth. Saw pine and oak timber near the Shores we can
still see the round high mountain some distance distance a head
yet. we Camped below the mouth of a creek1 on a point of rocks
on the Lard Side, the country timbred back a little from the
River.