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From the present site of Pocatello the trail proceeded almost due west on the south side of the Snake River for about.
This route passed Cauldron Linn rapids, Shoshone Falls, two falls near the present city of Twin Falls, Idaho, and Upper Salmon Falls on the Snake River.
At Salmon Falls there were often a hundred or more Indians fishing who would trade for their salmon, a welcome treat.
Here most emigrants used the divisions of the river caused by three islands to cross the difficult and swift Snake River by ferry or by driving or sometimes floating their wagons and swimming their teams across.
The crossings were doubly treacherous because there were often hidden holes in the river bottom which could overturn the wagon or ensnarl the team, sometimes with fatal consequences.
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