Journal Entry

Patrick Gass: April 11, 1806

April 11, 1806
Patrick Gass Short Narrows / Celilo area, Columbia River (near modern The Dalles, OR) Thwaites Vol. Gass 1807 First Edition

who were able set out to take the canoes through the grand
shoot. About 1 o’clock we got two over; and then proceeded
to take two more, which we succeeded in after great toil and
danger; and 3 hunters went on ahead in the least.

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right bank near Fort Rains, WA

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