Journal entry · April 5, 1806
Portaging Cascades of the Columbia upstream — Patrick Gass: April 5, 1806
Patrick Gass · Portaging Cascades of the Columbia upstream · Thwaites Vol. Gass 1807 First Edition
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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