s you read the following accounts, think about what qualities Lewis and Clark note and record. How might these qualities reflect the values of the people for whom these chiefs are responsible?

You will note that only certain tribal groups are represented, and some more than others. The Corps spent more time with the Nez Perce, who live at the east edge of the Columbia Basin, and the Chinook and Clatsop bands, who live at the Pacific coast. Accordingly, you can read about many leaders of these tribes, with only one representative from the many groups which lived in-between.

Learn about these chiefs through the eyes and words of Lewis and Clark.

Chief Coboway of the Clatsops | Chief Comcomly of the Chinook | Chief Tahcum of the Chinook
Chief Yelleppit of the Walla Wallas | Chief Tetoharsky of the Nez Perces | Chief "We-ark-koomt" of the Nez Perces
Chief Cut Nose of the Nez Perces | Chief Twisted Hair of the Nez Perces