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Coeur d'Alene War
Battle of Pine Creek - Battle of Four Lakes - Battle of Spokane PlainsThe Coeur d'Alene War of 1858 was the second phase of the Yakima War, involving a series of encounters between the allied Coeur d’Alene, Spokane, Palouse and Northern Paiute against United States Army forces in the Washington and Idaho areas.
In May 1858 a combined force of about 1,000 Coeur d’Alene, Spokane, and Palouse attacked and defeated a force of 164 American troops under Colonel Edward Steptoe at the Battle of Pine Creek.[1]
A larger force of 600 men under Colonel George Wright was sent to subdue the tribes. On September 1, 1858 Wright's troops defeated the allied tribes at the Battle of Four Lakes and for days later he defeated the natives in the Battle of Spokane Plains.
After the Four Lakes battle, the army hanged seventeen Palouse along Latah Creek which was was later called Hangman Creek as a result. Among the Palouse hanged was Qualchan, a chief.
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- COEUR D’ALENE
- U.S. Army defeats Native Americans at Battle of Four Lakes on September 1, 1858 at HistoryLink
Categories:- Conflicts in 1858
- Wars between the United States and Native Americans
- Native American history of Washington (state)
- Pre-state history of Idaho
- 1858 in the United States
- Indian wars of the American Old West
- Washington Territory
- Coeur d'Alene tribe
- Indigenous peoples of North America stubs
- American Old West stubs
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