Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-251) and index.

The Setting: The Columbia River -- Astoria to Sauvies Island -- Sauvies Island -- Indian village sites on the Lower Columbia -- Sauvies Island to The Dalles -- The Long Narrows -- The Long Narrows to the Snake River -- Snake river to the border -- Burial sites -- House -- Canoes -- The Great pestilence -- A Native flint quarry -- The Culture: Picture rocks -- Columbia River art -- Clubs -- Chipped stone -- Arrows and arrow making -- Atlatl weights -- Wedges and mauls -- Adze blades -- Bowls and pestles -- Digging tools -- Polished scrapers -- Cobble choppers -- War club heads -- Fishing tools -- Mat making -- Abrasive stones -- Dentalia shells -- Miscellaneous artifacts -- Trade Goods: The Lewis and Clark medals -- North West Company tokens -- Buttons -- Phoenix buttons -- Colonial buttons -- Glass beads -- Copper ornaments -- Trade axes -- Miscellaneous trade articles -- Archaeological methods: Digging methods -- Code of Ethics and Statement of Policy of the Washington Archaeological Society.