again an active participant in the campaign against the

dock unloading military supplies, and the commander, Captain Dall,

supplied me with the steamer's small iron cannon, mounted on a wooden

platform, which he used in firing salutes at different ports on the

arrival and departure of the vessel. Finding at the arsenal a supply

of solid shot that would fit the gun, I had it put upon the steamboat

Belle, employed to carry my command to the scene of operations, and

started up the Columbia River at 2 A.M. on the morning of the 27th.

We reached the Lower Cascades early in the day, where, selecting a