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JAKE “I took two men and set out in a small canoe and ascended the Columbia River ten miles to an Island near the starboard.”
(closing his eyes)
“The number of dead salmon on the shores and floating in the river is incredible to see. Passed three large lodges on the starboard side near which great number of salmon was drying on scaffolds. One of those mat lodges I entered, found it crowded with men, women, and children. I was furnished with a mat to sit on, and one man set about preparing me something to eat.”
(pause) “The people appear to live in a state of comparative happiness.”
Pause.
JAKE opens his eyes, looks out to the river.
JAKE (distant) That’s my favorite I guess.