| Yakima War | |||||||
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| Part of the American Indian Wars | |||||||
 Illustration of U.S. Army artillerymen in 1855 | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 United States Snoqualmie |
Yakama Walla Walla Umatilla Nisqually Cayuse Palouse Puyallup Klickitat | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Isaac Stevens Joel Palmer George Wright Chief Patkanim |
Chief Kamiakin Chief Leschi Chief Kanaskat | ||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
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4th Infantry Regiment 6th Infantry Regiment 9th Infantry Regiment 3rd Artillery Regiment Washington militia Oregon militia USS Decatur Snoqualmie warriors |
Yakama warriors Walla Walla warriors Umatilla warriors Nisqually warriors Cayuse warriors Palouse warriors Puyallup warriors Klickitat warriors | ||||||
The Yakima War (1855–1858), also referred to as the Plateau War or Yakima Indian War,[1] was a conflict between the United States and the Yakama, a Sahaptian-speaking people of the Northwest Plateau, then part of Washington Territory, and the tribal allies of each. It primarily took place in the southern interior of present-day Washington. Isolated battles in western Washington and the northern Inland Empire are sometimes separately referred to as the Puget Sound War and the Coeur d'Alene War, respectively.
- ^ Bischoff, William Nobert (Apr 1950). "The Yakima Indian War, 1855-1856: A Problem in Research". Pacific Northwest Quarterly. 41 (2): 162–169. JSTOR 40487612.