Ride to Husum, Washington
Husum Native American Indian Cemetery
Weldon Wagon Road Trail
September 4, 2011
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Husum is a tiny town about five miles North of White Salmon, along SR 141. As you're
entering Husum from the south, turn right onto Indian Creek Road. This is a dirt road.
At the first fork, stay on Indian Creek road which is to your left. At the next fork
turn left onto Cemetery road. Here's a
MAP. It's about a mile from SR 141 to the cemetery.
Click to enlarge these images. The oldest stone I saw was dated 1914 but there
may have been some that were a little older. There have also been recent burials
here and as you can see, these grave sites are actively being "tended" to..
Jake Hunt, who is one of the oldest residents of the Husum cemetery, was an
interesting person. An infant when Lewis and Clark came by, he lived to the ripe
old age of 108, outliving his wife, son, Lewis and Clark...
When looking back over the human history that surrounds the White Salmon River and
Condit Dam, it is easy to forget that the lower river had been used for thousands of
years by Klickitat people (and their predecessors) for harvesting salmon, steelhead and
perhaps Pacific lamprey. Some historians have estimated the native American population
at Nakipanic (the village site at Husum Falls, now Husum) was several hundred.
While construction of Condit Dam in 1913 spelled the certain end of the fishery above
river mile 3.2 (i.e., Condit Dam), it's likely that the 1855 treaty that resulted in
translocation of people north to the Yakama reservation, spelled the real end of the
fishery and an early way of life on the White Salmon.
Birth: 1804
Husum, Klickitat County
Washington, USA
Death: 1913
White Salmon, Klickitat County
Washington, USA
Shaman Chief Jake Hunt of Klikitat tribe founder of the Feather Religion.
Jake Hunt was also known to be the oldest man to live on the Columbia River, He did not
die of old age,but of small pox infection.
The last living soul to see the Lewis and Clark expedition.
Jake Hunt reportedly led expeditions into the Cascades to massacre white settlers.
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