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    The Yakima War (1855–1858), also referred to as the Plateau War or Yakima Indian War, was a conflict between the United States and the Yakama, a Sahaptian-speaking...
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    Yakima (/ˈjækɪmɑː/ or /ˈjækɪmə/) is a city in, and the county seat of, Yakima County, Washington, United States, and the state's 11th most populous city...
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    which time war spread to the Puget Sound region west of the Cascades. The Puget Sound War of 1855–1856 was triggered in part by the Yakima War and in part...
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    Yakima County is a county in the U.S. state of Washington. As of the 2020 census, its population was 256,728. The county seat and most populous city is...
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    The Coeur d'Alene War of 1858, also known as the Spokane-Coeur d'Alene-Pend d'oreille-Paloos War, was the second phase of the Yakima War, involving a series...
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    Yakama (redirect from Yakima Tribe)
    Bands of the Yakama Nation. Their Yakama Indian Reservation, along the Yakima River, covers an area of approximately 1.2 million acres (5,260 km2). Today...
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  • The American Indian Wars were numerous armed conflicts fought by governments and colonists of European descent, and later by the United States federal...
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  • The following is a tabulation of United States military casualties of war. Note: "Total casualties" includes wounded, combat and non-combat deaths but...
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  • Revolutionary War, the War of 1812, the Mexican–American War, the American Civil War, the Spanish-American War, World War I, World War II and the Gulf War. It also...
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    King Philip's War (sometimes called the First Indian War, Metacom's War, Metacomet's War, Pometacomet's Rebellion, or Metacom's Rebellion) was an armed...
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    The Yakama Indian Reservation (spelled Yakima until 1994) is a Native American reservation in Washington state of the federally recognized tribe known...
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    The Yakima Training Center (YTC) is a United States Army training center, used for maneuver training, Land Warrior system testing and as a live fire exercise...
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    figure of the war, Nisqually Chief Leschi. The contemporaneous Yakima War may have been responsible for some events of the Puget Sound War, such as the...
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  • (1838–1939) – U.S. Army. Fought in the Yakima War. Henry L. Riggs (1812–1911) – U.S. Army. Served in the Black Hawk War. David Whitney (1767–1867) – Massachusetts...
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    area of the Nisqually River. Following outbreaks of violence and the Yakima Wars (1855–1858), as a leader Leschi was charged with the killings of two...
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    Battle of Seattle (1856) (category Naval battles and operations of the American Indian Wars)
    dead and 80 wounded. The battle, part of the multi-year Puget Sound War or Yakima Wars (1855–1858), lasted a single day. The Seattle settlement of the time...
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  • provides a list of wars occurring between 1800 and 1899. Conflicts of this era include the Napoleonic Wars in Europe, the American Civil War in North America...
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  • in 1858 in British Columbia were related to the Yakima War in Washington Territory Fraser Canyon War (1858) – Colony of British Columbia (white irregulars...
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    As many as 25,000 Native Americans in World War II fought actively: 21,767 in the Army, 1,910 in the Navy, 874 in the Marines, 121 in the Coast Guard...
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    Battle of Four Lakes (category Wars between the United States and Native Americans)
    War of 1858 in the Washington Territory (now the states of Washington and Idaho) in the United States. The Coeur d'Alene War was part of the Yakima War...
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    The Battle of Toppenish Creek was the first engagement of the Yakima War in Washington. Fought on October 5, 1855, a company of American soldiers, under...
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    treaties and conflicts, including the Cayuse War, Yakima War, Coeur d'Alene War, Modoc War, and Nez Perce War, natives on the southern plateau were confined...
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    Battle of Spokane Plains (category Wars between the United States and Native Americans)
    War of 1858 in the Washington Territory (now the states of Washington and Idaho) in the United States. The Coeur d'Alene War was part of the Yakima War...
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  • Northwest League. Yakima hosted professional baseball beginning in 1913 through 1965 with a brief hiatus between 1942 and 1945 due to World War II. Playing...
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    of Washington Territorial Volunteers, and a ranger during the Yakima War. After the war, he served as sheriff and deputy sheriff of Olympia. During his...
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    Sunnyside, Washington (category Cities in Yakima County, Washington)
    city in Yakima County, Washington, United States. The population was 16,375 at the 2020 census, making it the second largest city in Yakima County. Up...
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  • First Sioux War: Battle of Ash Hollow – U.S. forces defeat a band of Brulé Lakota in present-day Garden County, Nebraska. October 5 – Yakima War: Battle of...
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  • The Yakima Bears were a minor league baseball team in the northwest United States, located in Yakima, Washington. The Bears competed at the Class A Short...
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  • response, Shaw led a war party consisting of 175 mounted volunteer soldiers as part of the broader Yakima War of 1855-1868. The Yakima War emerged as a result...
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    Chief Kamiakin (category Native American people of the Indian Wars)
    Kamiakin organized alliances with 14 other tribes and leaders, and led the Yakima War of 1855–1858. Finally defeated, Kamiakin escaped to British Columbia and...
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