Setting the Record Straight: Untangling Chief Coboway and Chief Comcomly ( Part 10 )
Setting the Record Straight: Untangling Chief Coboway and Chief Comcomly (Part 10) Series: Beyond the Paper Trail: Unlocking Jennie McKay’s Roots in Oregon History ← Previous: Untamed Kinship — Two Sisters, Two Worlds: How Jennie McKay and Leila McKay Navigated 19th-Century Oregon (Part 9) Over the past years, my research into Jennie McKay’s paternal lineage has opened up a whole new perspective on the foundations of Oregon history, revealing the deep, vast interconnectedness of the Columbia River indigenous communities. Being introduced to Walking in the Great Circle served as a major catalyst in this work, particularly in shedding light to her family's direct connection to Jennie’s great-grandfather, Chief Comcomly. Alfred Agate's engraving Concomely's Tomb Astoria . A Personal Connection to Quinault Recently, seeing news of the Quinault Nation at Canoe Journey sparked a vivid memory of weeding through conflicting Ancestry records to untangle these an...
