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Prominent individuals caught up in the conflict
The circumstances leading to heightened hostilities
The events of the Indian Wars
A Nisqually leader is tried for murder
The legend continues into the present
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  July 4, 1895: Leschi is re-buried near Tacoma
Daniel Mounts, Indian Agent at the Nisqually Reservation, took Leschi's body and buried it in a spot know[n] to few. On July 4, 1895, his remains were moved to a site at the mouth of Muck Creek. In 1917 when Pierce County donated a large tract of land to the United States for an army post, the northeastern portion of the Nisqually Reservation was condemned and included in that parcel. Muck Creek was in that section, and so, for the third time, the body of the Chief was moved, this time to the Cushman Indian Cemetery near where his daughter lived. On the memorial stone over his grave are these words: This is a memorial to Chief Leschi, 1818 - 1858. An Arbitrator of His People. On the back of the stone are the words: Judicially murdered, February 19, 1858, owing to misunderstanding of Treaty of 1854-55. Serving his people by his death. Sacrificed to a
principle. A martyr to liberty, honor and the rights of people of his native
land. Erected by those he died to serve.
Leschi's legacy has lived on through his daughter who married Chief Tom Stolyer, the founder of the Cushman Indian School near Puyallup where the Cushman Hospital was later built. For three generations only daughters descended from Leschi. Leschi, Last Chief of the Nisquallies. Last chapter: The Legacy of Leschi. From the collection of Cecilia Carpenter, Nisqually Tribal Elder and historian. |
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