To maneuver these magnificent canoes they used paddles that looked a lot like the paddles that are used today. They also used a long spear to feel the bottom of the river when they traveled after dark and could no longer see the bottom. This spear was about 15 feet long.
In the event that one of their canoes sprung a leak and started taking on water, they used a wooden bailer that looked like a big spoon. The handle of this bailer was intricately carved into the shapes of animals or mythical

creatures.

The handle of this bailer was intricately carved into the shapes of animals or mythical creatures.


1.Alsea
2.Siletz
3.Chinook
4.Yaquina
5.Siuslaw























The Alsea traveled to many different places in their canoes, to trade and hunt or fish.


The Alsea Indians did not use anchors to keep their canoes in place. When they weren't using them the Indians pulled them up onto the bank and turned them upside down so that when it rained they wouldn't get water inside them.
The Alsea Indians lived in the Tidewater section of the river and from this point on the river, they

could travel to the, ocean to go fishing or to hunt seals. They could also go to the Alsea Valley and then walk to Marys Peak to trade with the Calapooya Indians in the summer.
      --Jay Schamber


Wood carvings were used to decorate the tools that they used in their canoes.