Coyote went up the river; bottom, Letting out the salmon. From Curtis 1914: 84-85, illustrated by F. N. Wilson. Ritchie, M. and Angelbeck, B., 2020. “Coyote broke the dams”: Power, reciprocity, and conflict in fish weir narratives and implications for traditional and contemporary fisheries. Ethnohistory, 67(2), pp.191-220.
![” House belonging to survivor of the Puget Sound Indian War, Yelm Jim [Wa-he-lut or Wahoolit], seen from across the water. Two men, three women pose in front of fenced house; in foreground is a large fish trap .” Source: http://digitalcollections.lib.washington.edu/cdm/ref/collection/loc/id/2092](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:dtve42vcmqvajazlxrkjwfpx/bafkreiawvlvfehno6d4ip4d26q7lzxyp27mg4lr5ynjgldfspknjyhc3g4)
” House belonging to survivor of the Puget Sound Indian War, Yelm Jim [Wa-he-lut or Wahoolit], seen from across the water. Two men, three women pose in front of fenced house; in foreground is a large fish trap .” Source: http://digitalcollections.lib.washington.edu/cdm/ref/collection/loc/id/2092
Yelm Jim’s fish weir on the Puyallup River ca. 1885. Click for high resolution. Source: http://www.digitalarchives.wa.gov/Record/View/7DE71DBBEDCF71DCADF61AEFB20FFBA6
Yelm Jim's salmon weir, Puyallup River, Washington State, ca. 1885. Courtesy of the Washington State Archives.
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