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Wishram They lived near the Columbian River, later know as Dalles. The area was shared by two tribes, one known as the Wasco and the other Wishram. The Wishram were on the North side and the Wasco were on the South side.
Around this area there were trades happening. The main trades happened in Nixluidix. When Lewis and Clark went to Nixluidix in October 1805, they found 20 large houses. In each house there were three families of the Wishram Indians. They had arrived in mid April which is around the main trading times and there was a really big school of fish swimming up stream. Clark recorded 107 stacks of salmon, and estimated their weight to be over 10,000 lbs.
The Wishram tribe traded most of their salmon with the Walla Walla, the Nez Perces, and the Yakimas Indians. This is one of the many ways they had encountered the other tribes. The other tribes had brought animal skins, horses and buffalo meat.
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