INDIAN PRINCESS CEMETERY, Columbia River, Douglas County, WA


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Burial list of Indian Princess Cemetery, compiled and submitted by 
Shelley Sachs November 28, 1999. Both above notices must remain when 
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Indian Princess Cemetery, Columbia River
T21N R22E Section 21 

This burial place consists of a single gravesite and monument, on the 
bluff overlooking the former townsite of Columbia River, now gone, and 
the Columbia River. This cemetery is located on private property next
to a residence, please do not trespass.

The "Indian Princess" buried here was Sin Scinto, sister of the famous 
Chief Moses, headman of the Columbia (or Sinkiuse or Moses) Tribe, which
was dominant throughout the western Okanogan, Chelan, Wenatchee, and 
Middle Columbia areas. She went with her brother to Washington, D.C. to
meet the President and First Lady, and was respected and considered 
almost as a sub-chief, highly unusual for a woman.

The monument reads:

                        SIN SCINTQ
                     Revered sister of
                        Chief Moses
                          mother of
                     Chil-Lee-Leet-Sah 
                     Represented with
                    Moses in 1879 Indian
                  Conference, Wash. D.C.