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" ... owing to the reefs and broken water, which then appeared in its neighborhood. Mr. Gray stated that he had been several days attempting to enter it, which at length he was unable to effect, in consequence of a very strong outset. This is a phenomenon... "
The Naval Chronicle - Page 231
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Memoir, Historical and Political, on the Northwest Coast of North America ...

Robert Greenhow - 1840 - 250 pages
...have existence in the bay south of Cape Disappointment. This we passed in the forenoon of the 27th ; and, as I then observed, if any inlet or river should...reefs and broken water, which then appeared in its neighborhood. Mr. Gray stated that he had been several days attempting to enter it, which at length...
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Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review, Volume 6

1842 - 608 pages
...it, have existed in the bay south of Cape Disappointment. This we passed in the forenoon of the 27th, and, as I then observed, if any inlet or river should...reefs and broken water which then appeared in its neighborhood. Mr. Gray stated that he had been several days attempting to enter it, which at length...
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Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review, Volume 6

1842 - 600 pages
...vessels of our burthen, owing to the reefs and broken water which then appeared in its neighborhood. Mr. Gray stated that he had been several days attempting...enter it, which at length he was unable to effect on account of a very strong outset. This is a phenomenon difficult to account for, as in most cases,...
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The History of Oregon and California & the Other Territories of the ...

Robert Greenhow - 1844 - 516 pages
...have existence in the bay south of Cape Disappointment. This we passed in the forenoon of the 27th ; and, as I then observed, if any inlet or river should...intricate one, and inaccessible to vessels of our burden, owing to the reefs and broken water, which then appeared in its neighborhood. Mr. Gray stated...
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The History of Oregon and California, and the Other Territories of the North ...

Robert Greenhow - 1845 - 538 pages
...have existence in the bay south of Cape Disappointment. This we passed in the forenoon of the 27th ; and, as I then observed, if any inlet or river should...must be a very intricate one, and inaccessible to tetsels of our burden, owing to the reefs and broken water, which then appeared in its neighborhood....
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The History of Oregon and California, and the Other Territories of the North ...

Robert Greenhow - 1845 - 456 pages
...have existence in the bay south of Cape Disappointment. This we passed in the forenoon of the 27th ; and, as I then observed, if any inlet or river should be found, it must be a very intricate one, and inaceessible to vessels of our burden, owing to the reefs and broken water, which then appeared in...
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Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856: Dec. 4, 1843-June ...

United States. Congress, Thomas Hart Benton - 1861 - 694 pages
...Vancouver, relying on his own examinations, still remained of the opinion (and he so records it) that, " if any inlet or river should be found, it must be...intricate one, and inaccessible to vessels of our burden, owing to the reefs, broken water," &c.; and he concludes that he was " thoroughly convinced...
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Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856: Dec. 4, 1843-June ...

United States. Congress, Thomas Hart Benton - 1861 - 698 pages
...examinations, still remained of the opinion (and he so records it) that, " if any inlet or river should.be found, it must be a very intricate one, and inaccessible to vessels of our burden, owing to the reefs, broken water," &c. ; and he concludes that he was " thoroughly convinced...
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Speeches and Occasional Addresses, Volume 1

John Adams Dix - 1864 - 482 pages
...have existence in the bay south of Cape Disappointment. This we passed on the forenoon of the 27th ; and, as I then observed, if any inlet or river should...intricate one, and inaccessible to vessels of our burden, owing to the reefs and broken water which then appeared in its neighborhood. Mr. Gray stated...
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Speeches and Occasional Addresses, Volume 1

John Adams Dix - 1864 - 476 pages
...Vancouver, relying on his own examinations, still remained of the opinion (and he so records it) that, " if any inlet or river should be found, it must be a very intricate one, and 25 inaccessible to vessels of our burden, owing to the reefs, broken water," &c. ; and he concludes...
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