Drawing by Gustav Sohon (1855)

ID: 5819 ~ Source: Historylink.org ~ Creator: Gustav Sohon ~ Date: 1855
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Drawing by Gustav Sohon (1855)

Kamiakin was the chief of the Yakama tribe, and the most prominent chief in the Pacific Northwest at the time of the Yakima Wars leading two coalitions of Native forces against the encroaching United States.

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