Della Gould Emmons’s Leschi of the Nisquallies chronicles the tragic life of the prominent Nisqually chief and the violent Puget Sound War ignited by the pioneer seizure of indigenous homelands. The narrative maps the vital riverine and prairie geography of the south Puget Sound, focusing heavily on the rich delta and salmon-bearing waters of the Nisqually River basin extending eastward toward the rugged foothills of Mount Rainier. By detailing the disastrous 1854 Medicine Creek Treaty—which attempted to force the tribe onto barren, elevated bluffs entirely severed from their foundational aquatic lifelines—the book illustrates how the sudden, forced restriction of traditional geographic access directly sparked armed resistance. The text captures the strategic military use of the region's dense, impassable lowland forests and tangled river crossings by indigenous fighters attempting to repel territorial militias. Ultimately, this account demonstrates how a fundamental clash over land use and riparian access within this specific Washington landscape dictated the devastating geopolitical realities of the 1850s frontier.

Dust jackets (Binding) Minnesota Minneapolis 20th century, Fiction, Leschi, Nisqually chief, -1858, Leschi, Nisqually chief, -1858 Fiction, Romans

Map on lining-papers

Map on lining-papers