Location: Oregon Length: 22 min
The Clatsop of coastal Oregon, descendants of Coboway and Cusculah, welcomed traders from the tall ships and the explorers that came from the east, the Lewis and Clark expedition. They called them all “cloth men.” Clatsop oral histories go back many hundreds of years—even today they tell stories of the first encounters with the cloth men. And stories of Captains Lewis and Clark, the Shoshone woman, and the winter (1805-1806) they spent near the Oregon coast. This is one of their winter stories and the Clatsop still are here to tell them.
Produced and Directed by Gray Warriner
Copyright 2005 by Lewis and Clark National Historical Park and Camera One
Web links:
The Clatsop/Lower Columbia Indians (University of Missouri at St. Louis)
Clatsop-Nehalem Confederated Tribes
Lewis and Clark National Historical Park (U.S. National Park Service)