Cascades of the Columbia, portage — Patrick Gass: October 31, 1805
The expedition spent an exhausting day moving two canoes about a mile past a stretch of rapids where the water dropped roughly 25 feet. Some sections were navigated by water, while others required hauling the canoes over rocks 8 to 10 feet high. The crew managed to get only two canoes through during the entire day's labor, making it one of the most fatiguing tasks they had undertaken in a long while.
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our canoes and took them past the rapids, some part of the
way by water, and some over rocks 8 or 10 feet high. It was
the most fatiguing business we have been engaged in for a
long time, and we got but two over all day, the distance about
a mile, and the fall of the water about 25 feet in that distance.
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We took our canoes and moved them past the rapids, some of the way by water and some over rocks 8 or 10 feet high. It was the most exhausting work we have been engaged in for a long time, and we got only two of them across all day. The distance was about a mile, and the fall of the water was about 25 feet in that distance.
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