 The location was traditionally a site of the Wishram tribe (called "Echeloots" by Lewis and Clark), who lived on the north bank of the Columbia River about in both directions from The Dalles, Oregon.Although the Wishrams were included in the Treaty of Yakima, they resisted removal to the Yakama Reservation.Indian burials from Memaloose Island in the Columbia were removed to the Wish-ham Cemetery near Dallesport prior to the filling of Lake Celilo.