Chief Multnomah is theorized to have been an 18th-century Willamette leader in the Columbia River Valley. Thought to be a fictional or mythic character, some recent study of the work of Ann Fulton suggests he may have been a real individual who held significant power in his prime.^[1] He is depicted inHermon Atkins MacNeil's 1904 sculpture,Coming of the White Man, located inWashington Park inPortland, Oregon.^[2][3] However, it is a generally agreed upon fact that Chief Multnomah was an invention of 19th century writerFrederic Balch in his text titledThe Bridge of the Gods: A Romance of Indian Oregon.

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