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By Cosmos Mariner, July 13, 2015
Memaloose Overlook Marker (wide view; Memaloose Island in background)
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1 ► Oregon, Wasco County, Mosier — Memaloose Overlook — Islands of the Dead —
The Indian Peoples of the Columbia River did not bury their dead until very recent times. Instead, bodies were wrapped in robes or tule mats and deposited in canoes which were placed in the woods, on rocky points, or in cedar vaults on islands . . . — — Map (db m112253) HM
2 ► Oregon, Wasco County, Mosier — Memaloose—Island of the Dead — Oregon History —
Until very recent times, the Indian people of the Columbia River did not bury their dead, Instead, bodies were wrapped in robes or tule mats and deposited in canoes that were placed in the woods, on rocky points, or in cedar vaults on islands like . . . — — Map (db m113517) HM
 
 
  
  
  
 
 
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