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Updated: June 28, 2025
Their dress, like that of the Wahkiacums, consists of a short robe and a tissue of cedar bark. Their hair hangs loosely down the shoulders and back; and their ears, neck, and wrists are ornamented with blue beads.
The tribe of Indians known as the Wahkiacums has entirely disappeared; but the name survives as that of one of the counties of Washington bordering on the Columbia. Wahkiacum is the county lying next west of Cowlitz. When the explorers passed down the river under the piloting of their Indian friend wearing a sailor's jacket, they were in a thick fog.
In this way new tribes or clans are formed, and lurking causes of hostility engendered. The Cathlamets lived opposite to the lower village of the Wahkiacums, and numbered ninety-four warriors. These four tribes, or rather clans, have every appearance of springing from the same origin, resembling each other in person, dress, language, and manners.
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