Qualchan's Murder
This file appears in: Qualchan Hanging Site
Gustav Sohon's depiction of the execution of Qualchan under the orders of Col. Wright in 1848. The drawing shows the soldiers in the background pulling on the rope which strangled Qualchan to death.
Image courtesy of Library of Congress.
This file appears in: Qualchan Hanging Site
Qualchan Hanging Site
This is the site of a murder.
The 1850s were a violent time in northwest history as a growing tide of American immigrants encroached upon Indian land. In 1855 the first governor of Washington Territory, Isaac Stevens, forced the tribes to sign…