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Touchet River

River in Lewis and Clark Trail State Park, Columbia Plateau in Touchet, WA

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The Touchet River is a 55-mile (89 km) tributary of the Walla Walla River in southeastern Washington in the United States. The upper Touchet was a traditional summer meeting place for trade and games for the Palus, Nez Perce and Walla Walla tribes. The name Touchet derives from the similarly pronounced Sahaptin term for the river, Tu-se meaning roasting. Nez Perce legend tells that coyote roasted salmon at this river after breaking a fish dam guarded by the seven swallow sisters at Celilo. The USGS cited two variant names, Pouchet River and Toosha River.

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