Skilled Navigators

On November 11th, 1805, William Clark wrote with admiration of the navigation skills of the Lower Chinook people:

...the Indians left us and Crossed the river which is about 5 miles wide through the highest Sees I ever Saw a Small vestle ride, their Canoe is Small, maney times they were out of Sight before the were 2 miles off Certain it is they are the best canoe navigators I ever Saw... (Clark, from Moulton V.6, 40)

Related pages:

Skilled Navigators  |  Canoes  |  Clatsop Houses |  Sculpture and Burials
Decorated Houses at Wappato Island  |  Wooden Houses on the Multnomah