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Plan of the Battle of Four Lakes Sept 1st, 1858 and the Battle of the Spokane Plains Sept 5th, 1858 fought by the U.S. Troops under Col. Geo. Wright 9th Infy. with the Northern Indians, Palouses, Spokanes, Coeur d'Alenes & c. (1859)
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Plan of the Battle of Four Lakes Sept 1st, 1858 and the Battle of the Spokane Plains Sept 5th, 1858 fought by the U.S. Troops under Col. Geo. Wright 9th Infy. with the Northern Indians, Palouses, Spokanes, Coeur d'Alenes & c. (1859) |
| Identifier | http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/zoom/zoom.php?map=wsu574 wsu 574; E83.84 .U5 1859 http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/u?/maps,736 |
| Creator | Kolecki, Theodore; Mullan, John, 1830-1909 |
| Date | 1859 2000 - 2002 |
| Publisher | [Washington: William A. Harris] |
| Description | 1 map: 40 x 31 cm. Scale 1 inch to 1 mile. "Each curve shows an elevation of 50 ft., and the haschures an elevation of from 15 to 20 ft." In 1858 a military expedition was formed under the leadership of Col. George Wright to engage the Spokane Indians and their allies. After the two engagements shown here the Indians sued for peace, with most of the combatants either surrendering or fleeing. |
| Subject | Indians of North America -- Northwest, Pacific -- Wars -- 1815-1875. |
| Type | Maps |
| Coverage | United States -- Washington (Terr.) -- Spokane County |
| Rights | Contact Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, for copyright information 509 335-6691 |
| Format | Original maps were scanned in color at 600 dpi on a Microtek 9600XL scanner and saved as TIFF files. The TIFF files were converted into the MrSID format at a compression ratio of 12 to 1 using LizardTech's Geospatial Encoder 1.5 software. These MrSid files were then uploaded into the CONTENTdm database at the Washington State University Libraries. image/jpeg |
| Contributor | Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections |
| Language | English |
| Relation | Is found in Report of the Secretary of War, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the . Senate : a copy of the topographical memoir and map of Colonel Wright's late . campaign against the Indians in Oregon and Washington Territories. February 15,. 1959.--Read . February 18.--Report considered and agreed to. |
