Indian scouts 1883

ID: 4795 ~ Source: Photograph courtesy Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area. ~ Date: 1893
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This image of "Indian volunteers" at Fort Spokane in 1883 shows the casualness of the arrangement. The men wear traditional dress and have their families present. The boy in an Army uniform and the girl in a cloth dress speak to the assimilation that was happening in native culture.

This file appears in: Indian Scouts at Fort Spokane

By Ryan Yetter
Like most Army posts on the western frontier, Fort Spokane relied on native scouts. Indian scouts interpreted, guided soldiers through the wilderness of eastern Washington, and brought back vital intelligence to the Army. At Fort Spokane, being…