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trail up to the Lewis & Clark Interpretive Center is signed with
information about the natural surroundings as well as Expedition notes.
The alder sign gives the tree's name in the Chinookan language, the
principle language of the lower Columbia natives. The Corps continually
interacted with tribes on both sides of the Columbia. Captain Clark
described this relationship on November 17, 1805, the day before starting
the excursion to Cape Disappointment: "those Chinooks made us
a present of a rute [seashore lupine] ... in return for this root
we gave more than double the value to Satisfy their craving dispostn....
[They] live principally on fish and roots, they are well armed with
fusees and...kill Elk Deer and fowl...." |
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