Celilo Falls and The Dalles portage — Patrick Gass: October 25, 1805

rows and therefore carried over part of our baggage by land,
about three quarters of a mile; and then took the canoes
over, one at atime. In going over one of them filled with
water, on account of which we were detained three hours.
The rapids continued 3 or 4 miles, when the river became
more placid. At night we came to a place where there is a
considerable quantity of timber on the hills; both oak and
pine, and encamped at the mouth of a creek on the south
side. The natives about here are, or pretend to be, very
uneasy, and say the Indians below will kill us. We purchased
from them a quantity of dried pounded fish, which they had
prepared in that way for sale. They have six scaffolds of a
great size for the purpose of drying their fish on.