Note 187 — JOURNAL OF JOHN WORK, SEPT. 7TH-DEC. 14TH, 1825
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Mr. Work is assigned to spend the winter at the trading post among the Flathead Indians in Montana. The "portage" refers to the 76 miles over which they must carry the trading goods on pack animals between Spokane House and the Pend d'Oreille river.