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(Yakiaas) were a numerous tribs irzhabiting "the lends on the northern
banks of t5e Columbia, from its junction above Lewis River until some
distance above a river which flows from the northwerd, and is called efter
the name of the tribe" (Def. Ex. 21, p, 229). Cox's location of the
Yakima Tribe along the Columbia River is outside the area claimed in this
case.
Budson's Bay Company Re~orCs
27. Gsorge Simpson, the governor of the Hudson's Bay Company for
North America, made trips through the subject area in 1824-1825 and in
1829. He found the Indian population on the banks of the Columbia River
greater than in any other part of Xorth America that he had visited. They
spent the greatest part of the year catching and drying fish, leaving the
fishing spots from October to December to gather roots in the interior,
They wsre "generally bold and warlike as regards each other and extremely
jeaious of any encroachments on each others territorys or privileges. . . 11
(Pst. Ex. 555, p. 94). Simpson listed the names of the different tribes
inhabiting the banks of the Columbia River from the Cascades portage to
the Rocky Mountains, in 1824-1825. The list includes:
Necutamechs - north side below Dalles
Wascopam - northxide opposite Dalles
Yampam (Skeen) - north side opposits Chutes
Eya-Kimu - north side at Small River
Nasputsemacks - north side at Eyakima River
Ispipichimacks - " 11
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