FDI - Wenatchee

The Wenatchee were semi-sedentary hunter/gatherer tribes of the Northwestern Plateau. They were located on the Wenatchee and Methow Rivers. The traded with the first Whites to arrive, but ultimately had conflicts with and suffered from the later settlers. They briefly lived on the Columbia Reservation but were finally settled on and confederated into the Colville Reservation.

Aboriginal Locations (Subdivisions)

WA (9)

Year	*History*
1781	Smallpox epidemic
1809	David Thompson established Kullyspell House trading post on Lake Pend d'Orielle
1810	David Thompson established Spokane House
1811	David Thompson explored the length of the Columbia River
1841	Influx of Oregon Trail settlers began, conflicts followed
1848	Measles epidemic
1853	Smallpox epidemic
1855	Major Heller and 100 men routed in battle by a joint force of Yakimas, Columbians, Wanapams, Wallawallas, Palousas, Wenatchees, and Spokanes ... "Toppenish Fight"; Yakima Treaty of Camp Stevens; Wenatchi Fishing Reservation established
1872	Columbia Reservation established; Lake Chelan Earthquake, gases emitted, numerous deaths, no child under age 2 survived
1879	Columbia Chief Moses recognized Chief of the Wenatchees
1884	Columbia or Moses Reservation established
1902	Wenatchee removed to Colville Reservation

Columbia Sites:

Changing Columbia Basin http://oregonstate.edu/instruct/anth481/sal/crintro1.htm

Chief Moses ... http://www.ghosttownsusa.com/bttales23.htm

Columbia or Moses Reservation http://www.ccrh.org/comm/moses/primary/hayes.html

Columbia Treaty with Chief Moses http://www.ccrh.org/comm/river/treaties/moses.htm

Columbia-Wenatchi Language http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=COL

Columbia-Wenatchi Linguistic Lineage http://www.ethnologue.com/show_lang_family.asp?code=COL

Colville Reservation ... http://www.grandcoulee.com/CCTtab/history.html

Colville Tribes http://www.colvilletribes.com/

Cultures Clash: The Land Grab http://www.ccrh.org/comm/moses/cultures1.html

Ethnobotany of Middle Columbia Native Americans http://www.cwnp.org/ethnobot2.html

Lake Chelan and Wapato Point History http://www.wapatopoint.com/history.html

Lake Chelan Earthquake of 1872 http://www.pnsn.org/HIST_CAT/1872/Weston/washington/lkchelan2.html

Middle Columbia Salish http://content.lib.washington.edu/cgi-bin/htmldoc.exe?CISOROOT=/lctext&CISOPTR=1571

Moses Lake Columbia-Sinkiuse http://www.ccrh.org/comm/moses/inhab1.html

Northwest Plateau Culture and Ethnobotany http://www.fourdir.com/northwest_plateau_culture.htm

Oregon Trail http://linnhistory.peak.org/1853/1853immore.html

Wenatchee Apple Labels http://www.thelabelman.com/Tindian1.htm

Wenatchee Fishery - 1893 http://content.lib.washington.edu/cgi-bin/htmldoc.exe?CISOROOT=/lctext&CISOPTR=1045

Wenatchee Fishery - 1900 http://content.lib.washington.edu/cgi-bin/htmldoc.exe?CISOROOT=/lctext&CISOPTR=1222

Wenatchee Fishing Reservation http://www.falsepromises.com/falsepromises/RichardHart.html

Wenatchee Indians Ask Justice http://content.lib.washington.edu/cgi-bin/htmldoc.exe?CISOROOT=/lctext&CISOPTR=1480

Wenatchee Removal to Colville Reservation http://content.lib.washington.edu/cgi-bin/htmldoc.exe?CISOROOT=/lctext&CISOPTR=1222

Wenatchee Valley Museum and Cultural Center http://www.wenatcheevalleymuseum.com/wvmcc/clovis.htm

Yakima Treaty of Camp Stevens http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/wa/indians/treaties.htm

*Ethnie:*	WENATCHEE (WENATCHI)
*Language:*	Columbia-Wenatchi
*Family:*	Southern Interior Salish
*Stock:*	Interior Salish
*Phylum:*	Salishan
*Macro-Culture:*	Northwest Plateau

Year	U.S. Population	Source
1700	1,400	NAHDB calculation
1800	850	NAHDB calculation
1805	820	Lewis and Clark
1900	0	NAHDB calculation (Had confederated into Colville)
2000	0	NAHDB calculation