Chief Leschi
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- Jul 18, 1893The Ghost of the White River MassacreDecades after the violence of 1855, the estate of a pioneer family is resurrected in court, revealing a grim history of frontier life.White River Valley, Auburn, WA
- Jan 28, 1895The Night Seattle Held the Line at the StockadeA 39th-anniversary account of the January 1856 siege: two blockhouses, a howitzer from the USS Decatur, and two settlers killed in the Puget Sound War.Seattle, WA
- Feb 4, 1895A Pioneer's 40-Year Fight for Land the Indian Wars TookIsaiah W. Bryant's 1895 petition traced how he fled his White River donation claim during the 1855-56 war, lost his savings, and waited decades for the land office to act.Tukwila, WA