Page:Oregon, her history, her great men, her literature.djvu/35

From Wikisource
Jump to navigation Jump to search
This page has been proofread, but needs to be validated.
32
HISTORY OF OREGON

north-east between the breakers, having from five to seven fathoms of water. When we were over the bar we found this to be a large river of fresh water, up which we steered.'

THE "COLUMBIA" — (Courtesy Oregon Journal)

At one o'clock that afternoon he anchored one-half mile from the north bank just west of Point Ellice, northwest of Astoria, and close to a large village of Chinook Indians.