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| Athabaskan |
a group of American Indian languages spoken by western tribes from Alaska and northwest Canada down through the coastal regions of Oregon and California. [1/3 definitions] |
| Cayuse |
a member of a tribe of Indians that formerly lived in northeast Oregon. [1/3 definitions] |
| Columbia |
a river that flows from British Columbia, along the Washington-Oregon border, and into the Pacific. [1/2 definitions] |
| Klamath |
a member of a North American Indian people in southern Oregon. [1/2 definitions] |
| Lewis and Clark |
Meriwether Lewis (b.1774--d.1809) and William Clark (b.1770--d.1838), U.S. leaders of an expedition to explore the uncharted American West, from Missouri to Oregon, from 1804 to 1807. |
| Meriwether Lewis |
U.S. co-leader with William Clark of an expedition to explore the uncharted American West, from Missouri to Oregon, from 1804 to 1807 (b.1774--d.1809). |
| OR1 |
abbreviation of "Oregon," a northwestern U.S. state on the Pacific coast between Washington and California. |
| Salem |
the capital of Oregon. [1/2 definitions] |
| WA |
abbreviation of "Washington," a northwestern U.S. state on the Pacific between Canada and Oregon; Washington State. |
| Washington |
a northwestern U.S. state on the Pacific between Canada and Oregon; Washington State. (abbr.: WA) [1/2 definitions] |
| West Coast |
the Pacific coast region of the United States, consisting of California, Oregon, and Washington. |
| William Clark |
U.S. co-leader with Meriwether Lewis of an expedition to explore the uncharted American West, from Missouri to Oregon, from 1804 to 1807 (b.1770--d.1838). |
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