...fatal intermittent ferer broke out in the lower parts of this river about eleven weeks ago, which has depopulated the country. Villages, which had afforded...and flocks of famished dogs are howling about, while the dead bodies lie strewed in every direction on the sands of the river. I am one of the very few...

...fatal intermittent fever broke out in the lower parts of this river about eleven weeks ago, which has depopulated the country. Villages which had afforded...effective warriors, are totally gone; not a soul remains!" Two years later the American merchant Nathaniel Wyeth reported on Sauvies Island at the juncture of...

...early 19905. (Courtesy of Kenneth Ames, Dept. of Anthropology, Portland State University, Oregon.) from one to two hundred effective warriors, are totally...and flocks of famished dogs are howling about, while the dead bodies lie strewn in every direction on the sands of the river. (1905: 292) Among these villages...

...intermittent fever broke out in the lower parts of this [Columbia] river about eleven weeks ago, which has depopulated the country. Villages, which had afforded...and flocks of famished dogs are howling about, while the dead bodies lie strewn in every direction on the sands of the river." Transported into a region...