The Elochoman River is a tributary of the Columbia River , in the U.S. state of Washington . It is about 15 miles (24 km) long.
8-609: The river's name comes from the name of a Cathlamet ( Chinookan ) village. The Elochoman River's headwater's start from Elochoman Lake, in Cowlitz County , from which it flows west for several miles. Joined by the tributary East Fork and North Fork, the main river turns south. After a few miles, the West Fork tributary joins. From there the main Elochoman River flows south and southwest. Its river valley widens into
16-536: A canoe , the wind very high from the S.W., with most tremendous waves breaking with great violence against the shores. Rain falling in torrents, we are all wet as usual and our situation is truly a disagreeable one. We purchased of the Indians 13 red char which we found to be an excellent fish. We have seen those Indians above and are of a nation who reside above and on the opposite side who call themselves (Calt-har-ma). They are badly clad & ill made, small and speak
24-678: A broad flat bottomland called the Upper Elochoman Valley. Then the river passes through a short but narrow gorge, after which it meanders through the Lower Elochoman Valley. In its final reach the Elochoman River flows through the sloughs and wetlands of the Columbia River's estuary. The mouth of the river is on Elochoman Slough, a 3-mile (4.8 km) long side-channel of the Columbia River located east of Hunting Islands, northwest of Cathlamet . Much of
32-528: A language much resembling the last nation. One of those men had on a sailor's jacket and pantaloons and made signs that he got those clothes from the white people who lived below the point &c. Those people left us and crossed the river (which is about 5 miles wide at this place) through the highest waves I ever saw a small vessels ride. Those Indians are certainly the best canoe navigators I ever saw. "In early January 1806 Cathlamet Chief Shahharwarcap, together with 11 men, visited Fort Clatsop ". "About 1810
40-634: The Clackamas ", and "Kwillu'chini, by the Chinook ." Lewis and Clark reported "that about 300 Cathlamet occupied nine plank houses on the south side of the Columbia River", and lived between Tongue Point and Puget Island in Clatsop County, Oregon . On the north side, they lived "from the mouth of Grays Bay to a little east of Oak Point." Their villages were: Clark wrote: November 11th Monday 1805 About 12 o'clock 5 Indians came down in
48-749: The Cathlamets moved across the Columbia and joined the Wahkiakums in a village at the present site of Cathlamet." About 50-60 Cathlamet remained in 1849. On August 9, 1851, the Kathlamet ceded lands to the United States in exchange for money, clothing, and other items. They retained two small islands in the Columbia River. On August 24, 1912, the Kathlamet were awarded $ 7,000 for the loss of their lands. "The last speakers of Kathlamet died in
56-602: The lower Elochoman River, Elochoman Slough, and Hunting Island are part of the Columbian White-tailed Deer National Wildlife Refuge. The Elochoman River supports populations of Chinook , Coho , and Chum salmon, as well winter-run steelhead trout . The steelhead, which routinely number over 1,000 annually, are a draw for sport fishing. The largest salmon (Chinook) ever caught in freshwater in Washington State
64-636: Was caught here by Mark Salmon on Oct 5, 1992, his catch weighed 68 lbs. and 4 ounces. Cathlamet (people) The Kathlamet people are a tribe of Native American people with a historic homeland along the Columbia River in what is today southwestern Washington state. The Kathlamet people originally spoke the Kathlamet language , a dialect or language of the Chinookan language family . They were also called "Guasámas, or Guithlamethl, by
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