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Chief Toke was a leader of the
Shoalwater Bay Tribe of
Native Americans on the
Pacific coast of
Washington . Of
Chinook and
Chehalis descent, he lived with his wife Suis and extended family at
Willapa Bay ,
[1] spending winters near present-day
Bay Center and summers in the vicinity of present-day
Tokeland , which is named for him.
[2]
James G. Swan , a settler in the area from 1852 to 1855,
[1]
[2] described Toke as "a man of advanced years."
[3]
References
^
a
b Story, Virginia; et al. (October 26, 2006).
"Pacific County — Thumbnail History" . HistoryLink.org .
^
a
b McCausland, Ruth.
"Tokeland Hotel: A History" (PDF) . Archived from
the original (PDF) on 2016-03-27.
^ Swan, James Gilchrist. The Northwest Coast, or Three Year's Residence in Washington Territory. New York, Harper, 1857; reprinted by University of Washington Press, Seattle, 1969, cited at
[1] and
[2] .