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"Boils swell & whorl pools": the historical landscape of The Dalles-Celilo reach of the Columbia River.
Oregon Historical Quarterly
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December 22, 2007|
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"THE POPULATION ON THE BANKS of the Columbia River," wrote Hudson's Bay Company Governor George Simpson in the winter of 1824-1825, "is much greater than in any other part of North America that I have visited ... it may be said that the shores are actually lined with Indian Lodges," Simpson believed that the great salmon runs of the Columbia River, which afforded an "abundant provision at little trouble for a great part of the year," accounted for the dense Indian population. (1) Although other food sources were also important, there is much truth in Simpson's conclusion ...
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