Quiemuth was born in the late 1790s and his half-brother, Leschi, was born in 1808, both in the village of Me-schal on the Mashel River, a tributary of the Nisqually.
https://github.com/davepinch/pinchy.cc/blob/master/content/topics/places/rivers/mashel-river/mashel-river.md
I noticed a number of fish wiers at the mouth of the small streams. They are made of sticks placed about two inches apart, inclining down stream and forming a complete dam.