Leschi: Justice in our Time
HISTORICAL FIGURESCLOSE TIESPRELUDE TO WARINDIAN WARS 1855-56LESCHI ON TRIALLESCHI'S LEGACYTEACHING
 
Prominent individuals caught up in the conflict
Nisqually Indian relationships with the Hudson Bay Trading Company
The circumstances leading to heightened hostilities
The events of the Indian Wars
A Nisqually leader is tried for murder
The legend continues into the present
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  INDIAN WARS OF 1855-56
War breaks out between the Territorial Government, Settler's and Indians - it is a clash of cultures.

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February 1856
Leschi meets with John Swan a second time to discuss the war and the Nisqually reservation.

February 1856 (about the 20th)
Patkanim's warriors defeat Leschi's followers in battle. He receives a reward of $20 each for the severed heads of hostile Indians.

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