Chapter XII: Up and Down the Columbia River

An Ungrateful Republic—The Columbia compared with Other Rivers—
Snow-Peaks—Salmon-Canneries—Astoria and the Mouth of the
River—Cape Horn and Rooster Rock—Water-Falls—The Cascade—
Salmon-Wheels—In the Highlands—The Last of the Mohicans—Low
and High Water—The Scenery and the Railroad—The “Place of the
Winds”— “Swift Water”—A River turned on Edge 182