Klikitat, a S. county of Washington territory, separated from Oregon by the Columbia river; area, 3,000 sq. m.; pop. in 1870, 329. The W. part is occupied by the Cascade range, and in the extreme N. W. is Mount Adams, 9,570 ft. high. In the S. E. is Kliki-tat prairie, watered by the Pattaha, a branch of the Yakima. In the W. part are the Kliki-tat, Womumchee, and White Salmon rivers. The best portion of the county is occupied by the reservation of the Yakima Indians, and it also contains the Simcoe agency. The chief productions in 1870 were 1,818 bushels of wheat, 2,635 of oats, 3,263 of barley, 1,373 of potatoes, and 455 tons of hay. There were 390 horses, 879 milch cows, 2,480 other cattle, and 753 swine. Capital, Rockland.

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Klikitats, a roving tribe of Indians, north of the Columbia river and east of the Cascade mountains, composed of five bands, and numbering between 2,000 and 3,000. They are great gamblers for hyaqua, or shell money, and are restless and troublesome. They joined the Yakimas, with whom they are closely united, in the war of 1855, killed the agent Bolen, and took part in the surprise of Step-toe, but were defeated by Wright. They were soon after placed on White Salmon reservation, and are now on the Yakima reservation near Fort Simcoe, Washington territory, and are regarded as part of the Yakima nation.