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    conviction. Leschi was born in about 1808 into the Mishalpam (″Mashel River people″) or Mica'l Band of Upper (Mountain) Nisqually to a Nisqually chief and...
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  • Leschi can refer to: Chief Leschi, Chief of the Nisqually tribe of Native Americans Leschi, Seattle, Washington, neighborhood of Seattle, Washington Chief...
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  • are federally recognized as the Nisqually Indian Tribe, formerly known as the Nisqually Indian Tribe of the Nisqually Reservation and the Confederated...
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    Sound. Its outlet was designated in 1971 as the Nisqually Delta National Natural Landmark. The Nisqually River forms the Pierce–Lewis county line, as well...
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    developer for Chief Leschi of the Nisqually tribe, who was executed by territorial authorities in 1858 in Pierce County, Washington. The Leschi neighborhood...
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    farmland and relocating the tribes onto rough reservations. Chief Leschi of the Nisqually tribe protested the treaty. He and his people marched to Olympia...
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    of Seattle and to the execution of a central figure of the war, Nisqually Chief Leschi. The contemporaneous Yakima War may have been responsible for some...
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    Leschi Park is an 18.5 acres (75,000 m2) park in the Leschi neighborhood of Seattle, Washington, named after Chief Leschi of the Nisqually tribe. The majority...
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    Frank Jr. Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge is a wildlife preserve operated by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service on the Nisqually River Delta...
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    honor a former Nisqually chief. Camara got to ride on the ship as a prize. Following the commissioning of Leschi, Alki was retired. Leschi is berthed on...
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    conclusion of the war, Territorial Governor Isaac Stevens brought Chief Leschi of the Nisqually tribe to trial for the death of Moses during a skirmish at Connell's...
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  • time. This time Leschi was found guilty. Chief Leschi was hanged on February 19, 1858. The site of the treaty was near the Nisqually River delta, along...
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    300 warriors. As Rains was mustering his forces in Pierce County, Leschi, a Nisqually chief who was half Yakama, had sought to forge an alliance among...
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  • Kanasket protested what he saw as a bad deal for the Nisqually tribe, and told their chief, Leschi (c. 1808-1858). Those present told him to leave, stating...
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    the battle, Chief Leschi and Chief Kitsap, along with a group of 17 Indians, appeared at the home of John McLeod near the Nisqually River. McLeod was...
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    one of their prominent leaders was being abused by her Nisqually husband, Lahalet, father of Leschi. The band also declaimed any intentions of attacking...
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  • Sicade attended the Puyallup Indian School. He was the great-nephew of Leschi (Nisqually) and the grandson of Chief Stann of the Puyallup Tribe. Due to his...
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    Fox Island, hoping to capture Chief Leschi. But by the time the Active returned, more than 30 hours after Leschi had arrived on Fox Island, the hostile...
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    " For centuries, Nisqually people roamed the rivers and streams of the Eatonville area. Leschi, one of the main leaders of Nisqually was born in this...
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    due to hull corrosion issues. The Nisqually was not in service at the time. Washington State Ferries sold the Nisqually and her sister ferries to Eco Planet...
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    he was sent to the proposed site for Fort Nisqually, at the southern end of Puget Sound near the Nisqually River delta. The route was via canoe up the...
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  • to write in detail about the Nisqually people. As a Tacoma, Washington schoolteacher and enrolled member of the Nisqually tribe, when Carpenter discovered...
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    Rainier from the Nisqually chief Leschi, who was prisoner at the fort awaiting trial. While assisting in chief Leschi's defense, Kautz and Leschi became friends...
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    Quinault Treaty, was completed during 1855. One of the leaders of the Nisqually, Chief Leschi, outraged, refused to give up ownership of this land and instead...
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    called Upper (Mountain) Nisqually, today also commonly known as Meshal / Me-Schal / Mashel / Mica'l Band of Nisqually – Chief Leschi's people: Their territory...
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    this experience later in his life. Seattle would also later visit Fort Nisqually to trade with the Hudson's Bay Company. It is likely that these events...
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  • family that nothing in life is really free at all. Her third book, Leschi of the Nisquallies, served as the source for the Indian fishing rights court trials...
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    Kautz became a supporter of Chief Leschi, who was executed in 1858. Kautz believed the execution was illegal and that Leschi should have been considered a...
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    as the forest between Nisqually Plain and the Puyallup River. Hudson Bay employees often referenced the northern end of Nisqually Plain as the Puyallup...
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    area. Many tribes shared access to these resources, including Squaxin, Nisqually, Puyallup, Chehalis, Suquamish, and Duwamish. According to early settlers'...
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