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By Barry Swackhamer, July 2, 2017
Memaloose -- Island of the Dead Marker
SHOWN IN SOURCE-SPECIFIED ORDER
| On Interstate 84 at milepost 72, on the right when traveling west. |
| | 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 |
| Near Historic Columbia River Highway (U.S. 30) 3 miles east of Interstate 84, on the left when traveling east. |
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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 |
May. 1, 2024