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Leschi: Justice In Our Time

Chief Leschi. Leschi's people believed that a star rose over the Nisqually Plains on the day of his birth in 1808. But ironically the title of Chief would be bestowed upon him by the first Territorial Governor, Isaac Stevens, who would later unjustly demand his life on the gallows." . Leschi: Last Chief of the Nisquallies by Cecelia Svinth Carpenter .

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Leschi: Justice In Our Time

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    1. Leschi: Justice In Our Time

    2. Chief Leschi “Leschi's people believed that a star rose over the Nisqually Plains on the day of his birth in 1808. But ironically the title of Chief would be bestowed upon him by the first Territorial Governor, Isaac Stevens, who would later unjustly demand his life on the gallows.”

    3. Goals of the Committee to Exonerate Chief Leschi Exonerate Leschi of the crime of murder Correct the historical record of this injustice Obtain an apology to Leschi’s people

    4. Leschi, the Man “Leschi was known as a man of great intelligence with superb oratorical abilities. His wisdom was often sought by his tribesmen to settle disagreements. His father was Nisqually and his mother Yakima. This mixed heritage provided him with a tall agile body and strong heavy shoulders. It was said that his most distinguishing feature was his alert, penetrating eyes.”

    5. Nisqually Territory, 1855

    6. Nisqually Delta

    7. Nisqually Mudflats

    8. Washington Territory

    9. Governor Isaac Stevens

    10. Treaty Commission Created

    11. Treaty Commission Reservations

    12. Medicine Creek Treaty Site

    13. Acting-Governor Charles Mason

    14. Nisqually Fish Weir

    15. Washington Militia

    16. Quiemulth, Leschi’s Brother

    17. Gen. John E. Wool

    18. Connell’s Prairie

    19. Leschi’s Orders

    20. White River Massacre

    21. Naches Trail

    22. Eradicating the Indians

    23. Military Blockhouse

    24. Leschi, the Chief

    25. Governor Stevens & the Indian War Council

    26. The Settlers

    27. Mashel Massacre

    28. Martial Law Declared

    29. A Presidential Reprimand

    30. General Wool Disagrees

    31. Stevens Relents

    32. Dr. William F. Tolmie

    33. Stevens’ Refusal

    34. Col. George Wright

    35. Leschi Imprisoned

    36. Trial Testimony Rabbeson knew Leschi by sight only, not by name Distance from victim at time of shooting is unclear – conflicting testimony Smoke from guns obscured view Leschi not identified as the man who fired the fatal shot

    37. A Hung Jury

    38. The U. S. Army Position

    39. New Jury, New Instructions

    40. Verdict in Olympia

    41. Attorney Frank Clark Defender of Leschi

    42. Lt. August Kautz

    43. Kautz’s Map

    44. Leschi’s Execution

    45. Leschi Remembered

    46. Leschi’s Washington Legacy

    47. The Committee to Exonerate Chief Leschi of the Nisqually asks for your support to insure that: Leschi is exonerated of the crime of murder, that the historical record is corrected, and an apology is made to his people.

    48. END

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