The Columbia River . nikum,Wahanna, and Neahcoxie. It was a veritable paradise for the Indians. Theforests were filled with elk (moosmoos) and deer (mo-witch) , while fish of almost every variety thronged thewaters, from that king of all fish now known as theroyal chinook of the Columbia down to such smallerfry as the smelt and the herring, which even now some-times so throng the lesser streams that the recedingtide leaves them by the thousands on the muddy the beach were infinite numbers of clams; and asan evidence of their abundance we can now see shellmounds by the acre, in such qu
The Columbia River . nikum,Wahanna, and Neahcoxie. It was a veritable paradise for the Indians. Theforests were filled with elk (moosmoos) and deer (mo-witch) , while fish of almost every variety thronged thewaters, from that king of all fish now known as theroyal chinook of the Columbia down to such smallerfry as the smelt and the herring, which even now some-times so throng the lesser streams that the recedingtide leaves them by the thousands on the muddy the beach were infinite numbers of clams; and asan evidence of their abundance we can now see shellmounds by the acre, in such quantity, indeed, thatsome of the modern roads have been paved with shells. This favoured region was the home of the , too, according to the legends, the first whitemen landed. The story of the first appearance ofthe white men has reached our own times in variousforms, but the most coherent account is through theword of Celiast, an Indian woman who died manyyears ago, but who became the wife of one of the. Saddle Mt., or Swallalochost, near Astoria, Famous in Indian Myth. Photo, by Woodfield. The First White Men along the Coast 35 earliest white settlers and the mother of Silas Smith,now dead, but known in his time as one of the bestauthorities on Indian history. Celiast was the daughterof Kobaiway, a chieftain whose sway extended overthe land of the Clatsops in the time of the Astoi;Company a century ago. Celiast w^as in fact the bestauthority for many of the Indian legends. But sheis not alone in the knowledge of this appearance ofthe white men, for a number of other Indians tell thesubstance of the same tale. Among others an old In-dian of Bay Centre, Washington, by the name ofCharlie Cultee, related the story to Dr. Franz Boas,whose work in the Smithsonian Institute is known asamong the best on the native races. This is the story,a composite of that of Celiast and that of Cultee. It appears that an old woman living near the an-cient Indian village of Ne-Alikstow
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