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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Leschi visits Fox Island and talks to John Swan, the agent in charge, about improvements in the location of the Nisqually reservation. Swan carries Leschi's message to the Steilacoom home guard aboard the steamer, Beaver.

January 26, 1856
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Seattle is besieged for a day by Indian attackers.
One non-Indian is killed.

 
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