Nation / Tribe
Kathlamet
The Kathlamet were a small Chinookan-speaking people who lived along the Columbia River in the vicinity of present-day Cathlamet, Washington, and the marshy islands of the lower Columbia estuary. Lewis and Clark encountered them in November 1805 during the descent of the Columbia and again on the return journey in March 1806, noting their villages, canoes, and trade goods. Like other Lower Chinookan peoples, the Kathlamet were deeply embedded in the Columbia River trade network, practiced cranial modification, and subsisted primarily on salmon, wapato root, and other riverine resources.
0 treaties
20 total items
22 mapped locations
Most Mentioned in Kathlamet-tagged Entries
People
- Drouillard (11)
- Nathaniel Pryor (8)
- Joseph Field (5)
- Patrick Gass (3)
- Frazier (3)
- Delashelwilt (3)
- Reubin Field (3)
- Willard (2)
- Collins (2)
- Shields (2)
Places
- Columbia River (7)
- Missouri River (5)
- Netul (3)
- Rocky Mountains (3)
- grand rappids (2)
- point Adams (2)
- Atlantic coast (2)
- North America (2)
- United States (2)
- Cape Disapointment (1)
Wildlife
- Elk (16)
- deer (7)
- Sturgeon (5)
- Anchovies (5)
- bald Eagle (3)
- seal (3)
- Sea Otter (3)
- Sturgion (2)
- Eagles (2)
- grey Eagle (2)
Territory & Encounter Locations
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Planning (1801–1804)
Westward (1804–1805)
Fort Clatsop (1805–1806)
Return (1806)
Post (1806–1812)
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Approximate territory
Journal Entries (20)
Medal Presented to Cathlamah Leader Wal-lal-le
Medal for Wal-lal-le; Wackiacum Men Trail the Party
Skillutes Share Feast of Roots, Fish, and Wapato
Departure from Fort Clatsop; Cathlahmah Village Reached
Wind and Tide Slow Ascent of the Columbia
Clatsops Returning from Trade with Skillutes Encountered
Comowool Honored with Certificate Amid Persistent Rain
Lewis Reflects on Winter at Fort Clatsop
Pirogues Prepared; Departure Imminent Before April Floods
Drouillard Bled for Side Pain on Eve of Departure
Rain Delays Caulking as Drouillard and Crew Fall Ill
Lewis Inventories Expedition Stores for Homeward Journey
Drouillard Sent to Clatsop Village to Buy Canoe
Cathlahmah Dogs Set Pryor's Canoe Adrift
Pryor Returns with Fish; Dogs Chewed Canoe Loose
Hunting Parties Depart; Lower Columbia Canoes Examined
Comowool's Party Leaves; Colter Reports Scarce Game
Six Pounds of Jerked Elk Consumed in Two Days
Elk Meat Retrieved Intact; Candles Exhausted at Fort Clatsop
Seven Elk Hauled In; Last Candles Spent at Camp
From Heacock's Writings
4 mirrored articles by Robert Heacock that mention Kathlamet.
