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The bitter waters of Medicine Creek a tragic clash between white and native America

The story of a dramatic confrontation between Native Americans and white settlers in the newly created Washington Territory from 1853 to 1857. Washington's first governor, Isaac Ingalls Stevens, had one goal: to persuade (peacefully if possible) the Indians of the Puget Sound region to turn ove...

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Main Author: Kluger, Richard.
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2011.
Edition: 1st ed.
Subjects:
Hays, Sara Light tribute.
Leschi, > Nisqually chief, > d. 1858.
Stevens, Isaac Ingalls, > 1818-1862.
Nisqually Indians > History > 19th century.
Puget Sound (Wash.) > History > 19th century.
Summary: The story of a dramatic confrontation between Native Americans and white settlers in the newly created Washington Territory from 1853 to 1857. Washington's first governor, Isaac Ingalls Stevens, had one goal: to persuade (peacefully if possible) the Indians of the Puget Sound region to turn over their ancestral lands to the federal government. In return, they were to be consigned to reservations unsuitable for hunting, fishing, or grazing--their traditional means of sustaining life. The result was an outbreak of violence and rebellion. Social historian Richard Kluger recounts the impact of Stevens's program on the Nisqually tribe. His hasty treaty negotiations with the Indians, marked by deceit, threat, and misrepresentation, inflamed his opponents. Chief Leschi, resolved to save more than a few patches of his people's lush homelands, unwittingly turned his tribe--and himself most of all--into victims of the governor's relentless wrath. The conflict would have echoes far into the future.--From publisher description.
Item Description: "This is a Borzoi Book published by Alfred A. Knopf."
Physical Description: xvi, 330 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., map ; 25 cm.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. [303]-306) and index.
ISBN: 9780307268891 (hbk.)
0307268896 (hbk.)
Author Notes: Richard Kluger is the author of Ashes to Ashes: America's Hundred-Year Cigarette War, the Public Health, and the Unabashed Triumph of Philip Morris , which won the Pulitzer Prize. His Simple Justice: The History of Brown v. Board of Education and Black America's Struggle for Equality and The Paper: The Life and Death of the New York Herald Tribune both were finalists for the National Book Award. He is the author or coauthor of eight novels as well. He lives in Northern California.

www.richardkluger.com

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