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| | Oregon Historic Trails Fund |
 | | Three sub-groups of Molalas have been recognized: 1) the Southern Molala, occupying areas west of Crater Lake, 2) the Santiam Band, living in the upper regions of the North and Middle Santiam rivers, and 3) the Northern Molala, who were focused in the drainage of the Molalla River. |
 | | Suspicious of the scouts' motives, the settlers went to the Molala chief Coosta and demanded that the Klamaths leave the valley, but Coosta asserted the right of the Klamaths to remain, saying they were his kinsmen and under his protection. |
 | | Because the Molala maintained contact with tribes east of the Cascades and crossed the mountains regularly, it is speculated that the Table Rock Trail was perhaps one of the routes regularly used for crossing the Cascades for the purposes of trade, raiding, warfare, social interaction and contact, gathering, and maintaining kin relationships. |
| www.oregonhistorictrailsfund.org /trails/showtrail.php?id=10 (1952 words) |
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