 | Robert Sears - 1854 - 668 Seiten
...our southern boundary, and brings a large quantity of water to increase the volume of the principal stream. The Lewis is not navigable, even for canoes,...hundred and eighty-six feet above the level of the sea, and about thirty-five hundred feet wide ; it now takes its last turn to the westward, receiving the... | |
 | Robert Sears - 1876 - 664 Seiten
...receives the Kooskooske, Salmon, and several other rivers, from the east and west — the former fiom the Rocky mountains, the latter from the Blue mountains...hundred and eighty-six feet above the level of the sea, and about thirty-five hundred feet wide ; it now takes its last turn to the westward, receiving the... | |
 | Oregon Historical Society - 1911 - 424 Seiten
...generally passing between the Rocky Mountain spurs and the Blue Mountains. It receives the Kooscooske, Salmon, and several other rivers from the east and...country. Its length to its junction with the Columbia is 520 miles. The Columbia at Walla Walla is 1,286 feet above the level of the sea and about 3,500 feet... | |
 | Reuben Gold Thwaites - 1906 - 488 Seiten
...hundred and sixty miles, receiving the Piscous, Y'Akama, and Point de Boise, or Entyatecoom," from [284] the west, which take their rise in the Cascade range,...hundred and eighty-six feet above the level of the sea, and about three thousand five hundred wide; it now takes its last turn to the westward, receiving the... | |
 | Reuben Gold Thwaites - 1906 - 444 Seiten
...from the east and west (the former from the Rocky mountains, the latter from the Blue mountains)98 and, were it navigable, would much facilitate the...hundred and eighty-six feet above the level of the sea, and about three thousand five hundred wide; it now takes its last turn to the westward, receiving the... | |
 | Oregon Historical Society - 1911 - 420 Seiten
...boundary, and brings a large quantity of water to increase its volume. It receives the Kooscooske, Salmon, and several other rivers from the east and...country. Its length to its junction with the Columbia is 520 miles. The Columbia at Walla Walla is 1,286 feet above the level of the sea and about 3,500 feet... | |
 | Oregon Historical Society - 1911 - 438 Seiten
...generally passing between the Rocky Mountain spurs and the Blue Mountains. ~ It receives the Kooscooske, Salmon, and several other rivers from the east and...country. Its length to its junction with the Columbia is 520 miles. The Columbia at Walla Walla is 1,286 feet above the level of the sea and about 3,500 feet... | |
 | Oregon Historical Society - 1911 - 420 Seiten
...generally passing between the Rocky Mountain spurs and the Blue Mountains. It receives the Kooscooske, Salmon, and several other rivers from the east and...country. Its length to its junction with the Columbia is 520 miles. The Columbia at Walla Walla is 1,286 feet above the level of the sea and about 3,500 feet... | |
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The Lewis is not navigable, even for canoes, except in reaches. The rapids are extensive and of frequent occurrence. It generally passes between the Rocky mountain spurs and the Blue mountains. It receives the Kooskooske, Salmon, and several other rivers,... 