I remember when Lake Washington fell....
"I remember when Lake Washington fell, when they opened the Ship Canal. That was quite a day for the white people at least. The waters just went down, down, until our landing and canoes stood dry, and there was no Black River at all. There were pools, of course, and the struggling fish were trapped in them. People came from miles around, laughing and hollering and stuffing fish into gunny sacks."
-Joseph Moses, from Sato
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