Spokane people marching in protest of the street name, Fort George Wright Drive. Protestors carry the sign, “Genocide Avenue.”

ID: 5757 ~ Source: Image courtesy of Margo Hill
This file appears in: Whistalks Way
This file appears in: Whistalks Way

By HarleyQuinn Wahl
In 1858, tensions between the white settlers and the native population grew in the Palouse. In May of 1858, Col. Edward Steptoe led an expedition meant to end at Fort Colvile. His plan was to suppress Indian resistance. Steptoe and his men were ill…