Portaging Cascades of the Columbia upstream — Patrick Gass: April 5, 1806
The party observed a beautiful prairie and several ponds below the mouth of the Sandy River. About two miles from the Columbia, they found rich soil and white cedar timber, much of it stripped of bark by the local Indians, who used the bark for both food and clothing. Native visitors came to the camp daily. The women generally wore a leather covering around their loins, shaped somewhat like a truss.
tiful prairie and a number of ponds below the mouth of Sandy
river; and about two miles from the Columbia the soil is rich
with white cedar timber, which is very much stripped of its
bark, the natives making use of it both for food and cloth-
ing.* A number of the Indians visit us daily ; and the females
in general have that leather covering round their loins, which
is somewhat in the form of a truss.
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beautiful prairie and a number of ponds below the mouth of Sandy river; and about two miles from the Columbia the soil is rich with white cedar timber, which has been very much stripped of its bark, the natives making use of it both for food and clothing.* A number of the Indians visit us daily; and the females generally wear that leather covering around their loins, which is somewhat in the form of a truss.
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