"Cowlitz Prairie News"
Daniel Plamondon of Olequa was stricken with paralysis Sunday, March 21, and though he regained consciousness he did not speak a word up to the time of his death, Friday, March 26. He was buried at Vader, Monday, March 29, Rev. Timothy Watson officiating, who delivered a very fine and touching sermon that all might take heed. Dan, as he was familiarly called, leaves to mourn his loss his widow; a brother, Simon Plamondon; three daughters, Mamie, Annie and Alice, and several grandchildren. Dan was well thought of, as was evident by the large attendance at the funeral. He was born at what is known as the old Cowlitz Landing in Lewis county, Washington, December 22, 1859, and was the son of Simon and Mary Plamondon, who had what is now the Widow Miller property, either rented or was in partnership with Anderson & Clarke, and was the grandson of old Simon Plamondon, the first white man to set foot on the old Cowlitz Landing in the early 20's, and who was an old trapper and guide, also the forerunner of the Hudson Bay Company for this immediate section of the country. Dan Plamondon was a prominent figure in the movement to get claims of the Cowlitz Indians allowed against the government, having worked incessantly for the last twenty years, and died without getting any part of the money justly due him, which is a shame to our government, as this is a most just claim of any of the Indian claims, as they have never received a penny for their vast holdings, nor has the government ever made them a treaty. It looks very much like the government was waiting for the claimants to die off, so they would not have anything to pay. Dan was president of the Cowlitz Association for the past four or five years and worked hard for their interests.
Source: The Chehalis Bee-Nugget, 2 Apr 1926, page 16.
Transcribed by Diana Smith. She has no further information on this individual.