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From: Steady Eddie
Date: 1/6/2002
Time: 11:09:48 PM
Remote Name: 206.163.13.177
The largest of all known Chinook Villages was (as called today)--"Cathlapotle".
It is mentioned in The Journals of Lewis & Clark as taking up 1/4 mile of beachfront and being made up of 14 Great Plankhouses.
Here's a link:
http://www.columbian.com/special/lewisclark/011901a.html
Having read this newspaper article, please note that it is a treasure trove of searchable key words. "Cathlapotle"--is one--Chief Clif Snider is another. Once you get through all of the University Research records on that subject (a school paper all of its' own), you will stumble upon references to "the Meier Plankhouse"--and you are off on another Internet exploration.
The above newspaper article has (in my humble opinion) a couple of wrong statements. It says that the remains of Cathlapotle are buried 20 feet down. At Ft. Vancouver, the topsoil over the Forts' remains was only 18 inches down. Unless there were massive dredge spoils pumped onto the site, 20 feet down seems a bit off.
Also, the article states that the Village was no longer used by the year 1820. When you study the artifacts discovered by the students that dug upon the site, you will find that they discovered remains much newer than 1820.
These are but two of the bits of "mis-information" that you can come upon regarding the history of the Chinook. But over time, you will become more knowledge-able and then you can sift them out. As a non-Native American I can verify that there are many things that "they" do not want you to know.
Steady Eddie