1792 मायथायाव केप्तेन रबार्ट ग्रेया, कलम्बियाव गावनि जाहाजनि मुं होनाय दैमाखौ नागिरना दिहुनदोंमोन आरो बे ओनसोलखौ आमेरिकानि थाखाय दाबिदोंमोन।
In 1792, Capt. Robert Gray, in the Columbia, discovered the river named after his ship and claimed the area for the U.S.