Donation Land Act gives white men 320 acres of free land and their wives another 320 acres.
What is 1850.
100
Teenage white boy who spent summers living with Chief Joseph on the Colville Reservation.
Who is Erskine Wood.
100
A wheat farming community, became a supply point for mining camps when gold was discovered in Idaho, became the largest settlement in Washington Territory.
What is Walla Walla.
100
A square six miles in each direction.
What is a township.
100
Chief Joseph surrenders to the U.S. Army and gives his famous speech.
What is 1877.
200
The Washington Territory is separated from the Oregon Territory and contains parts of Idaho and Montana.
What is 1853.
200
Secretary of Indian Affairs.
Who is Isaac Stevens.
200
These men came to work in the mining camps of the Pacific Northwest.
What is Chinese.
200
Legal agreements between the tribe and the U.S. government that demanded that the tribe sell most of its land.
What are treaties.
200
Washington tribe that has a long tradition based on whaling.
What is the Makah.
300
Governor Stevens' first Indian Treaties are signed in western Washington.
What is 1854.
300
Head of the Walla Walla Indians who resisted the idea of a reservation.
Who is Peu-Peu-Mox-Mox.
300
In the 1840s a terrible disaster hit this region, where most people existed on potatoes, which caused many of their people to come to the “Promised Land” of America.
What is Ireland.
300
This city started out being called Smithfield, but views of the stunning mountains soon led to a name change.
What is Olympia.
300
This city grew as a shipping port for lumber, and was named after the leader of the Duwamish tribe.
What is Seattle.
400
Homestead Act gives settlers 160 acres of land for $200.
What is 1862.
400
Leader of the Duwamish, welcomed the protection of the federal government against local Indian enemies. Wanting peace for his people, tried to help the white settlers.
Who is Chief Sealth.
400
Famous Nez Perce chief known for his surrender speech that included the words “I will fight no more forever.”
Who is Chief Joseph.
400
Union Army leader who also served at Fort Vancouver.
Who is Ulysses S. Grant.
400
Most Indians had been forced against their will to move to reservations by this decade.
What is the 1880s.
500
Oregon becomes a state.
What is 1859.
500
Opened a school for the Bannock children and pleaded in Washington D.C. for her people.
Who is Sarah Winnemucca.
500
Following the murders of the Whitmans in 1847, there were three decades of conflict between settlers and the native peoples called this.
What is the Cayuse War.
500
This occurred from 1855 – 1858 when white men broke treaties and mined gold on reservation land.