interred in a canoe, per Chinook custom, in the family burial ground. In 1835, Comcomly's elongated skull was stolen from his grave by Hudson Bay Company physician Dr. Meredith Gairdner and sent to Scotland for scientific study. It was displayed in England at the Royal Naval Hospital Haslar Museum. Although damaged in The Blitz during World War II, the skull was eventually sent to the Clatsop County Historical Society in Astoria in 1953, and then to the Smithsonian Institution in 1956. In 1972, Conconmly's skull was finally repatriated to Chinook tribal members for reburial. Namesakes There was a station of the Oregon Electric Railway in Marion County named "Concomly". His name also appears on Concomly Road in the Salem, Oregon area. Chief Concomly Park in Scappoose, Oregon opened in 2019 and is named for him. References Further reading Johnson, Tony A. (2017) Chinook Resilience: Heritage and Cultural Revitalization on the Lower Columbia River, University of Washington Press, ISBN 9780295742267. External links Comcomly (1760s?-1830) at HistoryLink Leadership from trailtribes.org includes The Succession of Comcomly Drawing of Comcomly's tomb from lewis-clark.org Native American leaders Native American history of Oregon History of Washington (state) 1760s births 1830 deaths 18th-century Native Americans