Battle of Spokane Plains petition, n.d.

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Battle of Spokane Plains petition, n.d.

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Petition by students from Lewis & Clark High School submitted to W. D. Vincent, Spokane Historian, to apply to the U. S. Geographical Board for an official name for a particular "high rocky point situated in the South East quarter of Section Four, Township twenty five North Range forty two East, Willamette Meridian" The students submitted three maps and two pages of written arguments copied from other historical documents.

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Spokane Public Library, Downtown Branch

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On September 5, 1858, U.S. Army soldiers under Colonel George Wright (1803-1865) defeated Native Americans at the Battle of Spokane Plains. The engagement followed a skirmish four days before with members of the Spokane, Palouse, Yakama, and Coeur d'Alene tribes at Four Lakes. The battle began during a march from Four Lakes by the soldiers. The Indians set fire to prairie grass to stampede the pack train and to conceal their attack. Wright ordered a counterattack with combined arms and drove off...