The Diary of Brady
I went down by the Columbia River. I saw a little man carved in the rocks. There was a sign that said, "You can't take the petroglyphs." Petroglyphs are carvings from a long time ago. Petroglyphs were used for making stories thousands of years ago. They put paint on the lines of the petroglyphs, so they wouldn't get all nasty and soon, the weather wouldn't make it so you can't see the petroglyphs.
We also went to the Maryhill Museum. We saw the crown jewels from Romania. There were peacocks there. They were not native. The Chinook people used carved rocks and straight up and down, fat sticks, or spears. They would sneak up on the animal and kill it and then go back to thir home and skin it. Then they would put the animal on a stick and roast it. Then they would eat it.
Brady Clayton, 3rd Grade
Chinook Fisherman's Fate
We are going to meet our new neighbors. So are traveling in canoes. We have our eyes out for danger. The kids were watching the waterfalls while the adults listened to the sound of the canoes as they slowly passed by. It sounded like small waves starting to form at the ocean.
But then, when I closed my eyes for two seconds, I could not see the other canoes. All I could see was rough water and two screaming children. I saw a couple of waterfalls and the water got swifter and swifter. There were some rocks close to shore. So I threw the two youngest kids onto shore so they would be safe.
Then the canoe flipped over. Then we swam to shore. The men were waiting with the two children on shore. The canoe was broken in half. We continued on with the adventure.
Cole Lucky, 4th grade
We put on orange life vests. If the life vest was over your nose, then it was too big. The captain helped us get on the canoe. Then he taught us how to paddle. Then we started to go, but he helped us a little by turning on the motor. Then we paddled downriver. We saw a snake in the water. The kids jumped. Then it slithered by the boat. It looked like a black and brown snake.
Next we paddled into the big river. Then we started to turn around and play this neat game with popsicle sticks. The captain had this sack full of bird bones. You throw the popsicle sticks in the air. If you got one X and one O, you won one bird bone, but you didn't get to keep it. The captain built the canoe himself. It was a Chinook canoe. The game was a Chinook game. We came back to the school and wrote.
Hannah Woods, 3rd grade
