Name/Title
Native American Woman in Canoe 1910 - On the Columbia River Near the Mouth of the Wind RiverEntry/Object ID
P-5975Description
Native American Canoe in river shore
Edward Curtis Photo # x3040-10
From: https://portlandartmuseum.org/story-cascade-chinook-woman/
"Edward Curtis took this 1910 photograph of Cascade Chinook woman Virginia Miller (Why-lick Quiuck) near the mouth of the Wind River in the western Columbia Gorge, where she lived most of her life. She was a young girl when her father Tumulth, who signed the ratified 1855 Willamette Valley Treaty as the first chief of the people now known as Cascade Indians, was hung by the U.S. Army under the direction of then-Lt. Phil Sheridan. Curtis also interviewed her at length, and the interpreter was her nephew Capt. Michelle Martineau, who was also the “old river pilot” who guided Curtis’ party through the Gorge, including running the Cascade Rapids." dlking 6/24/2023