In 1889 Cannon established the first water-powered sawmill on the Entiat River, and he built the community's first frame house. The confrontations stopped and were not renewed. Entiat River") and the Sinialkumuh Band of Entiat were often classed as "Wenatchi" or "P'squosa". Early settlers in the Entiat Valley relied primarily on logging, farming, and ranching. 1890, Map, three locations of Entiat between 1897 and 1961, Looking north, Entiat City Park, Lake Entiat (Rocky Reach Dam reservoir). 25.3% of residents were under the age of 18; 8.4% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 22.1% were from 25 to 44; 29.7% were from 45 to 64; and 14.4% were 65 years of age or older. The Wenatchi tribe was far more isolated prior to the arrival of the horse, but afterward they adopted many of the traditions and style of dress of the Plains Indians and were closely allied with the Spokane tribes by the time white settlers arrived. Chelan, City of -- Thumbnail History - HistoryLink.org Orientation. After the arrival of the horse, Plateau tribes faced more competition from the Plains Indians and Indians from the Great Basin. Aided by irrigation projects, fruit production soon became a primary economic activity. Methow, Entiat, Wenatchi, Chelan, Moses-Columbia, Okanogan, Lakes, Colville, San Poil, Nespelem, Nez Perce, Palus. Detwiler appealed to David Freer (1836-1888), who was married to one of Chilcosahaskt's daughters, to intervene. The tribe's original name, Entiatqua, has been translated as both "rapid water" (Meany, 80) and "place of grassy water" (Bright, 145), although the first is most widely accepted. The Lakes territory centered around the upper Columbia River, possibly reaching as far north as the Big Bend of the Columbia, north of Revelstoke, British Columbia. Entiat was officially incorporated on April 25, 1944. Prepared by the Colville Confederated Tribes History/Archaeology Program Not For Distribution - Educational Purposes Only. Lucy Friedlander Covington (1910-1982) was born in Nespelem on the Colville Indian Reservation and was a lifelong advocate for Colville tribal rights and land, becoming well-known and nationally respected for her fight against the federal policy of termination. The Free Encyclopedia of Washington State History. Some private homes were moved to higher ground behind the second Entiat, or north to the new townsite, and the remaining buildings in the old town were razed or burned. Post not marked as liked. Repository Eastern Washington University Archives & Special Collections Eastern Washington University Libraries 320 Media Lane - 100 LIB Cheney, WA 99004-2453 Telephone: 5093592475 archives@ewu.edu Access Restrictions The fishery was named as a reservation site in the Yakama treaty from the Walla Walla Council (1855), and the boundaries were surveyed and designated by Army personnel in subsequent years. Cheryl began her artistic career in 1995 and attended the prestigious Institute of American Indian arts in Santa Fe. 1897, Family on footbridge, Entiat River, ca. Entiat Tribe Exhibit coming to the Museum on Opening Day, Saturday, May 27, 2023 Updated: Mar 1 Last year, we invited Wendell George to join us at the Entiat Museum. Chief Chilcosahaskt, Entiat City Park, Lake Entiat, Entiat, WA - Flickr In anticipation of the coming of the railroad, in 1909 Charles Gray (1867-1958) of Entiat, joined by James Kennedy of Waterville and George Brown of Chelan Falls, purchased land that ran north from the mouth of the Entiat River along the west bank of the Columbia River. So anywhere around there you would probably see them. The Methow originally lived in and around the Methow River Valley. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.6 males. Ironically, it empties into the state's shortest river -- the Chelan, which (although dammed dry for much of the twentieth century) flows barely four miles before joining the Columbia for the run to the sea. Chief Moses served his people as a warrior during his younger years, but later tried to protect his people through diplomacy as the leader of the Moses-Columbia. It was not to be. "We are from the Entiat tribe, which is one of the 12 tribes making up the Colville Confederated Tribes. We have bits and pieces of the story, but told from the settlers' point of view. Entiat City Park - All You Need to Know BEFORE You Go (with Photos) It was also in 1899, on March 13, that Chelan County was created by the state legislature from parts of Okanogan County to the north and Kittitas County to the south. Somehow violence was avoided. The population density was 700.6 people per square mile (269.7/km2). [2] Members of the Wassamasaw Tribe of Varnertown Indians, a state-recognized tribe . Published histories vary somewhat on the precise chronology, but are in agreement that the first white settlers in the Entiat Valley were Lewis Detwiler (1850-? In addition to the Chelan, the tribes are known, in English, as the Colville , the Nespelem , the Sanpoil , the Sinixt ( Arrow Lakes people ), the Palus , the Wenatchi , the Entiat , the Methow , the Southern Okanagan (Sinkaietk) , the Sinkiuse-Columbia ( Moses-Columbia ), the Nez Perce of Chief Joseph's band , and . The terrain along the river's length ranges from a narrow, steep, glaciated valley in the upper reaches to a broader U-shaped valley through the middle and lower stretches. The name comes from the Entiat tribe. Chelan Language and the Chelan Indian Tribe In 1887 Detwiler sold that property, built a large rowboat with his brother, and moved all their possessions across the Columbia. Nespelem George served his people as a peacemaker and mediator. At one point more than 13,000 sheep in eight bands were counted in the area, but the industry was greatly diminished by drought, the Great Depression, wartime labor shortages, and changing tastes. The name comes from the Entiat tribe. 14, No. As of the census[3] of 2010, there were 1,112 people, 421 households, and 305 families residing in the city. Entiat City Park - All You Need to Know BEFORE You Go (with Photos) We Are Beautiful, We Are Okanagan, Because Our Land is Beautiful. The trail follows the river for the first 7+ miles to 5,800 ft at which point it turns sharply right (east) to ascend a half-a-mile or so to a junction with the Pyramid Mountain Trail at 6,600 ft. The Colville lived in the area between the Kettle and Columbia Rivers south to the mouth of the Spokane River. On September 4, 1888, Bonar noted in his diary, "Found in Rev. But even before a second fire destroyed much of the first town of Entiat in October 1915, the smart money was moving to the new townsite along the Columbia. The name derives from the traditional Wenatchi name Tsi-Laan meaning "deep water". It is crucial to know the history of our area . In one large sweep of change, the economic basis, the identity of a community, and the sense of belonging were gone" (Griffith, 91). You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. The railroad finally reached Entiat in July 1914, and the town's future seemed bright. Dedicated packing sheds and warehouses sprouted up, and when the railroad came through in 1914 fruit warehouses and cold-storage facilities were built adjacent to the tracks. with Wendell George. Dustin Ada Show full text language Salishan languages, English language population place Washington (state) related You may redistribute it, verbatim or modified, providing that you comply with the terms of the GFDL. Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, A Guide to the Indian Tribes of the Pacific Northwest, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Entiat_people&oldid=1151450546, This page was last edited on 24 April 2023, at 04:04. The challenges faced by early settlers struggling to create communities in the wilderness is usually fodder for the most compelling stories about the history of small towns, and Entiat is no different. Moreover, the Chelan people also described themselves as ntiytkx ("People from the place of grassy water/Gras in Water, i.e. Their traditional allies were the kindred Wenatchi, Sinkiuse-Columbia, and Entiat. By mid-1894 the total non-Native population of the Entiat country was 80, of whom about 20 percent were bachelors. The Chelan tribe also had several permanent villages in the lower Chelan valley. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 22.57% of the population. The Entiat Improvement Company was the major commercial center at that time. Chilcosahaskt and Wapato John were half-brothers, sharing a mother, Ken-em-tiq't, a Skokomish from west of the Cascades. In his absence, Erwin told the Yakama tribal leaders that the Wenatchi had sold their land rights, and the Yakama sold their share for $20,000.[3][2]. In 1906 the Entiat Telephone and Telegraph Company was incorporated by Frank E. Knapp and two partners, and by 1908 its lines ran 15 miles up the Entiat Valley. They traveled over this large area in an annual circuit to gather food. Lenny Friedlander, of the Entiat Tribe of The Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation. With his departure, the family of James Bonar, who had died several years earlier, took pride of place as the first permanent non-Native settlers in the Entiat Valley. It is the least scenic (forest-bound river views notwithstanding) of the three approaches but the most direct. It was titled "Millside Addition," leaving unanswered the question of what earlier plat, if any, it was an addition to. Lake Entiat provides recreational opportunities that the untamed Columbia could not, and while many older residents moved away in the 1960s, many of the younger generations stayed. Some trappers and explorers ventured through in the first half of the nineteenth century, and in the 1860s and 1870s Chinese miners were working placer operations on the region's rivers. The terrain along the river's length ranges from a narrow, steep, glaciated valley in the upper reaches to a broader U-shaped valley through the middle and lower stretches. They ranged from the present-day Yakima area, east to the Spokane country, and north to and across what now is the Canadian border. About 9.1% of families and 14.0% of the population were below the poverty line, including 14.4% of those under age 18 and 5.7% of those age 65 or over. [citation needed]. With the exception of a scattering of Chinese miners and Big Antoine, it appears that until the mid-1880s the region was inhabited exclusively by several Indian tribes, notably the Wenatchi, Entiat, Columbia, and Chelan. This area is roughly bordered on the north and west by the Columbia River. Interestingly, the first log house in Entiat of the sort that early homesteaders would build belonged to Chilcosahaskt. Last year, we invited Wendell George to join us at the Entiat Museum. ), a bachelor, and his brother John, who was married and had one child. In 1883, in an agreement between Moses and the federal government, the Moses Columbia Reservation ceased to exist. The Cannons' daughter, Dema, was the first white child born in the Entiat Valley. 21.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. [6], The name "Entiat" refers to the indigenous Entiat people, whose name comes from the Moses-Columbian Salishan word /nt'ytk/, [nt'itk], "place of grassy water", from /na-/, "place", /st'ya/, "tall grass, hay", and /-atk/, "water".[7]. . Co, 1961), 128; Edmond S. 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(The 1915 fire destroyed the Harris School, several businesses, and, for the second time, Gray's mill. The Entiat people are a Native American tribe who exclusively used and occupied an area extending from the Columbia River to the Cascade Mountains along the drainage system of the Entiat River. The content is copyrighted to The Meaning and may not be reproduced on other websites. Wendell George is a member of the Colville Confederated Tribes and is now retired after many careers such as helping land a man on the moon as an engineer for Boeing, tribal planner, elected tribal Councilman, tribal corporation CEO, author of three books with another on the way, owner and operator of a 100-acre apple orchard and a 150-head cattle ranch. My Dad was the last of our family to be born in a tepee and . This is the reservoir formed behind Rocky Reach Dam. Sometimes the Chelan (lmxx - "People at the Deep Water, i.e. Entiat City Park is nice place to do either. The native language of the tribe is a Salishan language made up of several different dialects among the tribes. The Entiat Museum building was built in 1895 by the Entiat Improvement Company as headquarters and a home for their ranch manager. It went online in 1910, and although service could be erratic at times, the plant provided electricity not just to Entiat, but to Orondo, Waterville, and Wenatchee as well. The opinion in Entiat Delta Orchards Co. v. Unknown Heirs of Saska, rendered by the Washington State Supreme Court in November 1917, traces the convoluted history of disputes over the ownership of Entiat's land. (Chilcosahaskt had been exposed to Catholic theology in 1874 by Father Urban Grassi, who had started a mission among the Wenatchi Tribe.) Our nsyilxcn language and our Syilx Okanagan culture respectfully honour the natural laws of the tmixw that which gives us life. He maintained a ranch by the Kettle River that included a small general store and a horse track. This is where the problems began. The non-Native history of Entiat properly begins in Douglas County, where in 1887 Dr. John Brown Smith (1837-1917) filed the first plat for the town of Orondo on the opposite (east) bank of the Columbia. As a leader of his people, he spoke out against the broken promises of reduced electricity rates and job opportunities for Tribal members, which the U.S. Government had made to previous tribal leaders prior to the construction of the dam. The Entiat Improvement Company was the major commercial center at that time. The Wenatchapam Fishery is an important cultural site for the Wenatchi people. In accordance with one federal homestead law, in 1896 Chilcosahaskt was granted what was called a trust patent for 146 1/4 acres, land he had resided on for decades. It has been renovated many times through the years, but has always been at the present site; even when steamboats ran the rapids and Chief Chilkosahaskt of the Entiat Tribe lived at the mouth of the Entiat River. It is located on the Colville Indian Reservation in eastern Washington state. See Entiat hotels on a map Choose one of the following to unlock Secret Prices and pay less on selected hotels. The Entiat Mountains, or Entiat Range is a mountain range in the U.S. state of Washington. ai kwu_swiwi-numtax, ai kwu_suknaqinx, ai axa/ L/tmxwula/xw. [2], Another survey was commissioned in 1893, but federal agent L.T. Long Jims father was Innomeseecha, who was also a leader of the Chelan. The sternwheelers from Wenatchee were a boon to freight traffic, but it was to Orondo, and to Waterville about eight miles farther east, that Entiat's early settlers went for supplies, mail, schooling, and socializing. Use tab to navigate through the menu items. Only six structures survived, and they were destroyed in 1921 by yet another fire.). Kinkanaqua was the last Salmon Chief of Kettle Falls. It is located on the Colville Indian Reservation in eastern Washington state. When you become a member you are insuring that the story of Entiat will not be forgotten. ethnic group group=Entiat poptime= popplace=flagcountry|United States (Washington) rels= langs=English, Salishan related=Colville, Nespelem, Sanpoil, Sinixt, Palus, Wenatchi, Chelan, Methow, southern Okanagan, Sinkiuse Columbia, and the Nez Perce The Entiat speak English. Near the restrooms is a nice sculpture of the chief of the Entiat tribe who lived during 3 centuries. Ten years earlier, and perhaps unbeknownst to its citizens, a section of the Columbia River known as Rocky Reach, about nine miles south of the mouth of the Entiat River, had been identified by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers as a potential site for a dam that could supply both electrical power and irrigation. Blank Page | Entiat Community Historical Society Males had a median income of $33,487 versus $21,324 for females. This section of the Columbia is known as Lake Entiat. Entiat /n(t)it/ is a city in Chelan County, Washington, United States. All of Cheryls chosen papers, books and documents are dated in the early 1900s. There were inevitable disagreements over the value of the properties, and disputes about the location of a new commercial district. The ranch was a large hay and cattle ranch. Phyllis Griffith, Nuggets of Entiat's Past (Entiat: Entiat Community Historical Society, 2019); Albert Long, Under the Guard of Ole Tyee (Entiat: Wayne and Joanne Long, rev.d 2008); Tom Hackenmiller, Wapato Heritage: The History of the Chelan and Entiat Indians (Manson, Washington: Point Publishing, 1995); A History of Central Washington, Including the Famous Wenatchee, Entiat, Chelan and the Columbia Valleys ed. John Detwiler and his family left the area within a year, but Lewis Detwiler farmed his homestead for about a decade. The country along the west bank of the Columbia River from Lake Chelan south to the Wenatchee River was difficult to reach, hemmed in by mountains on the north, south, and west, and with access from the east hampered by the hazards of the Columbia River. The Wenatchi Indians unlike many other tribes did not engage in war with the new arrivals and were even friends with the first white settlers and their families. The town's first school (although not the first in the valley), named the Harris School after its first teacher, was opened in 1899, and its small building was expanded in 1905 to accommodate a high school. They lived around the Columbia River and could be found all the way up the Cascade Mountains. We are a distinct and sovereign Nation. The "third" town of Entiat was "officially" open for business in 1961. In the city, the age distribution of the population shows 32.5% under the age of 18, 8.0% from 18 to 24, 27.6% from 25 to 44, 21.6% from 45 to 64, and 10.2% who were 65 years of age or older. It has been renovated many times through the years, but has always been at the present site; even when steamboats ran the rapids and Chief Chilkosahaskt of the Entiat Tribe lived at the mouth of the Entiat River. We are greatly honored thatWendell has given us permission to use words fromhis book . 1829-1899) representing a confederacy of native groups that included the Entiat. E.P. The Entiat school opened in 1916 in its current location. The Chelan (pronounced sha-lan) are an Interior Salish people speaking the Wenatchi dialect, though separate from that tribe. 32-22; "Surveying New Line," The Seattle Times, February 2, 1900, p. 7; "Road to Oroville Is Located," Ibid., July 23, 1906, p. 5; "New Corporations," Ibid., August 11, 1906, p. 3; "Steamer Pringle Sinks in the Entiat River," October 10, 1906, p. 17; "Major H. M. Chittenden, U.S.A., to Start Work of Blowing Out Rocks in Rapids of Entiat and Methow," Ibid., September 24, 1907, p. 9; "New Power Plant Soon Will Light Wenatchee," Ibid., November 14, 1909, p. 21; "Indians Are Declared Owners of Entiat Town," Ibid., November 6, 1914, p. 21; "Trains up Columbia in Three Weeks," The Leavenworth Echo, June 27, 1913, p. 1; Entiat Delta Orchards Co. v. Unknown Heirs of Saska, 99 Wash. 84, 168 P. 1130 (1917); Phyllis Griffith, email to John Caldbick, May 19, 2020, in possession of John Caldbick, Langley, Washington; Excerpt, Wendell George email to Entiat Community Historial Society, copy in possession of Esther Dalgas, Entiat; "Lahempt,"U.S.Indian Census Rolls, 1904, p. 617.Note: This article and its sources were emended and supplemented on February 13, 2023. In 1888, just one year after the Detwilers arrived in Entiat, steam-powered sternwheelers began regular runs up the Columbia River, from Wenatchee all the way to Brewster, approximately 60 river miles to the northeast. Detwiler would run it for a few years before moving on again, this time to California, where his trail grows cold. . Their traditional enemies were Shoshone, Kwalhioqua (also known as Willapa who lived in the hills north of the lower Columbia River), the Blackfoot Confederacy, and Nez Perce at times, at others they were allies. Wendell George is a member of the Colville Confederated Tribes and is now retired after many careers such as helping land a man on the moon as an engineer for Boeing, tribal planner, elected tribal Councilman, tribal corporation CEO, author, owner and operator of a 100-acre apple orchard and a 150-head cattle ranch. "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places in Washington: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2019", "2020 United States Census Profile: Entiat, Washington", "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Entiat,_Washington&oldid=1147338408, This page was last edited on 30 March 2023, at 09:00. Another on Wapato Point was home to about 100 people. Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation - A Brief History, "Tribe longs for home Twice cheated by the federal government, the Wenatchi fight to reclaim ancestral lands;", False Promises: The Story of the Wenatchi Indians, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wenatchi&oldid=1123301003, Native American tribes in Washington (state), Indigenous peoples of the Northwest Plateau, "Related ethnic groups" needing confirmation, Articles using infobox ethnic group with image parameters, Articles with unsourced statements from August 2019, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0. The Keystone Fruit Company opened for business in the valley in 1910. The Entiat regarded Cannon as a holy man and trusted him. Proudly created with Wix.com. We proposed to him a new exhibit about the Entiat Tribe. More areas in different updates. Today the Syilx Okanagan People continue to assert their jurisdiction and responsibility over the stewarding of their land, resources and quality of life of their citizens. Whether you're just driving by and need a break or if in the area and looking for a place to hang out, Entiat City Park is nice place to do either. We have. WikiMatrix. The Chelan were historically located at the outlet of Lake Chelan in the U.S. state of Washington, where they spent the winter months. The 250-acres Keystone Ranch, part of which was James Bonar's original homestead, was founded in 1910 and grew and marketed under its own label several varieties of apples, along with pears and Elberta peaches. Territorial boundaries shifted frequently in the Plateau Region, as tribes competed for the best hunting grounds. T. J. Cannon a friend of no ordinary kind, for which he will ever be greatly esteemed" (Hull, 418). In 1912 a fire destroyed the sawmill that had been started by Thomas Cannon in 1889 and was at the time of the fire owned by Gray. The resulting wars between the 1840s to the 1870s were the final push to tame the West. My great-grandfather, Chief Chilcosahaskt, remained at the Entiat Valley and my grandfather Lahompt (Chief Koxit George) was the first of our family to move to the Reservation. In addition to the Entiat, the tribes are known in English as the Colville, the Nespelem, the Sanpoil, the Lake (Sinixt), the Palus, the Wenatchi, the Chelan, the Methow, the southern Okanagan, the Sinkiuse-Columbia, and the Nez Perce of Chief Joseph's Band. Lewis Detwiler was well-traveled, having lived in Wisconsin, Kansas, Wyoming, and Montana before arriving in Douglas County in 1883 and claiming a homestead south of Orondo.