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.
Portrait: David Falconer, The Columbia River at Cathlamet, 1973, EPA DOCUMERICA / National Archives (public domain) / Wikimedia Commons
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
Journal Entries (20)
From the Heacock Memorial Archive
4 lewis-clark.org articles that mention Kathlamet, preserved here for Robert Heacock’s photography. The articles were written by that site’s contributing authors.
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