Canoe burial
Cultural · mentioned in 7 journal entries
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Clark: November 26, 1805
William Clark · Nov 26, 1805 · Exploring for winter camp site, south shore of Columbia
"scaffold canoes containing dead on island"
Clark: November 30, 1805
William Clark · Nov 30, 1805 · Exploring for winter camp site, south shore of Columbia
"Chinnook dead deposited in canoes on posts"
Clark: January 7, 1806
William Clark · Jan 7, 1806 · Clark's party to see beached whale at Tillamook Head
"dead buried in canoe above houses"
Lewis: January 9, 1806
Meriwether Lewis · Jan 9, 1806 · Clark's party to see beached whale at Tillamook Head
"Clatsop/Chinook funerary practice"
— transcribed as canoe burial
Lewis: January 10, 1806
Meriwether Lewis · Jan 10, 1806 · Clark's party to see beached whale at Tillamook Head
"Killamuck place dead in canoes uncovered"
— transcribed as canoe burial
Clark: February 7, 1806
William Clark · Feb 7, 1806 · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
"Clatsop dead deposited in canoes"
Departed Fort Clatsop, ascending Columbia River — John Ordway: March 24, 1806
John Ordway · Mar 24, 1806 · Departed Fort Clatsop, ascending Columbia River
"customary way of coastal natives"
— transcribed as canoe burial
