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Leschi was born in 1808 near what is today Eatonville, Washington, to a Nisqually father and a Yakama mother. He was appointed chief by Isaac Stevens, first governor of Washington Territory, to represent the Nisqually and Puyallup tribes at the Medicine Creek Treaty council of December 26, 1854, which ceded to the United States all or part of present-day King, Pierce, Lewis, Grays Harbor, Mason, and Thurston Counties and stipulated that the Native Americans inhabiting the area move to reservations. Some maintain that Leschi either refused to sign (and had his "X" forged by another) or signed under protest. The historical record is unclear on this point. However, he did argue that the reservation provided too little land for the tribe's horses. Eatonville is a town located in Pierce County, Washington. ... The Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakima Nation, or Yakama Nation, is a Native American group with nearly 9,000 enrolled members, living in Washington (state). ... Isaac Ingalls Stevens (March 25, 1818 - September 1, 1862) was the first governor of Washington Territory, and served as a brigadier general in the Union Army during the Civil War until his death at the Battle of Chantilly. ... Categories: Historical stubs | Washington history | U.S. historical regions and territories ... The Puyallup are a Native American tribe from western Washington state, U.S.A. They settled onto reservation lands in what is today Tacoma, Washington, in late 1854, after signing the Treaty of Medicine Creek. ... December 26 is the 360th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, 361st in leap years. ... 1854 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... King County is located in the U.S. state of Washington. ... Pierce County is the second most populous county in the state of Washington. ... Lewis County is a county located in the state of Washington. ... Grays Harbor County is a county located in the U.S. state of Washington. ... Mason County is a county located in the state of Washington. ... Thurston County is a county located in the state of Washington. ... The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view. ... Forgery is the process of making or adapting objects or documents (see false document), with the intention to deceive. ...

The next year, Leschi traveled to the territorial capital at Olympia to protest the terms of the treaty, but was rebuffed. In October 1855, Governor Stevens ordered that Leschi and his brother Quiemuth be taken into "protective custody" and sent the militia after them, thereby initiating the Puget Sound War of 1855-1856. Leschi became war chief, in command of around 300 men, and led raids which panicked the white population. In the course of the conflict U.S. Army Colonel Abraham Benton Moses was killed. Leschi was taken into custody under disputed circumstances involving members of his band responding to a government reward offer, and his brother turned himself in. Quiemuth was murdered on November 18, 1856, by an unknown assailant, in Governor Stevens's office, where he was being held for the night on his way to the jail at Fort Steilacoom, now in Lakewood, Washington. Leschi himself was put on trial in 1858 for the murder of Colonel Moses, which he denied having committed. His first trial resulted in a hung jury because of the judge's instruction that killing of combatants during wartime did not constitute murder. He was convicted and sentenced to death in a second trial in which this instruction was not given and his lawyers (among whom was Bing Crosby's grandfather) were not allowed to introduce potentially exonerating evidence. During the trial, he is reported to have said, through an interpreter: State Capitol and waterfront, Olympia, Washington. ... 1855 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... The Puget Sound War was an armed conflict that took place in the Puget Sound area of the state of Washington in 1855–56, between the U. S. Army, local militias and members of the Native American tribes of the Nisqually, Muckleshoot, Puyallup, and Klikitat. ... 1856 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... The Army is the branch of the United States armed forces which has primary responsibility for land-based military operations. ... Colonel is a military rank of a commissioned officer, with the corresponding ranks existing in nearly every country in the world. ... November 18 is the 322nd day of the year (323rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar with 43 days remaining. ... 1856 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Fort Steilacoom was founded by the U.S. Army in 1849 near Lake Steilacoom and was the first military fortification north of the Columbia River in what was to become Washington state. ... Lakewood is a city located in Pierce County, Washington. ... 1858 (MDCCCLVIII) is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... In legal parlance, a trial is an event in which parties to a dispute present information (in the form of evidence) in a formal setting, usually a court, before a judge, jury, or other designated finder of fact, in order to achieve a resolution to their dispute. ... A hung jury is a jury whose required majority cannot reach or agree upon a unanimous verdict after an extended period of deliberation and is deadlocked with irreconcilable differences of opinion. ... Capital punishment, or the death penalty, is the execution of a convicted criminal by the State as punishment for crimes known as capital crimes or capital offenses. ... Harry Lillis Bing Crosby (May 3, 1903? – October 14, 1977) was an American singer and actor whose career lasted from 1926 until his death in 1977. ...

I do not know anything about your laws. I have supposed that the killing of armed men in wartime was not murder; if it was, the soldiers who killed Indians are guilty of murder too...

I went to war because I believed that the Indian had been wronged by the white men, and I did everything in my power to beat the Boston soldiers, but, for lack of numbers, supplies and ammunition, I have failed.

I deny that I had any part in the killing... As God sees me, this is the truth.

The United States Army refused to carry out the sentence of death on the grounds of Fort Steilacoom, maintaining that he was a prisoner of war. The territorial legislature therefore passed a law authorizing Leschi's execution at the hands of civilian authorities. On February 19, 1858, Leschi was hanged in a small valley, from a hastily constructed gallows near Lake Steilacoom, in what is today the city of Lakewood. The hangman is reported to have later said "I felt then I was hanging an innocent man, and I believe it yet." Fort Steilacoom was founded by the U.S. Army in 1849 near Lake Steilacoom and was the first military fortification north of the Columbia River in what was to become Washington state. ... February 19 is the 50th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1858 (MDCCCLVIII) is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Suicide by hanging. ... These gallows in Tombstone Courthouse State Historic Park are maintained by Arizona State Parks. ... Lake Steilacoom Dam Lake Steilacoom is a lake approximately 4 km (2. ...

Though Leschi is said to have participated in the Battle of Seattle on January 26, 1856, Frederick J. Grant nevertheless named the Leschi neighborhood in Seattle after the chief in the late 1880s. Today, the neighborhood and its waterfront park; schools in Seattle and Puyallup; and streets in Seattle, Lakewood, Steilacoom, Anderson Island, and Olympia, bear his name. January 26 is the 26th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Leschi is a neighborhood in east central Seattle, Washington, named after Chief Leschi of the Nisqually tribe. ... City nickname Emerald City City bird Great Blue Heron City flower Dahlia City mottos The City of Flowers The City of Goodwill City song Seattle, the Peerless City Mayor Greg Nickels County King County Area   - Total   - Land   - Water   - % water 369. ... // Events and Trends Technology Development and commercial production of electric lighting Development and commercial production of gasoline-powered automobile by Karl Benz, Gottlieb Daimler and Maybach First commercial production and sales of phonographs and phonograph recordings. ... Leschi Park, 1908 Leschi Park, 2004 Leschi Park is an 18. ... Puyallup (pronounced ) is a city located in Pierce County, Washington about five miles east of Tacoma. ... Steilacoom is a town located in Pierce County, Washington. ... Anderson Island is the southernmost island in the Puget Sound and is part of Pierce County, Washington, USA. It is accessible by boat or a 20 minute ferry ride from Steilacoom. ...

In March 2004, both houses of the Washington state legislature passed resolutions stating that Leschi was wrongly convicted and executed and asking the state supreme court to vacate Leschi's conviction. The court's chief justice, however, has said that this is unlikely to happen, since it is not at all clear that the state court has jurisdiction in a matter decided 146 years earlier in a territorial court. In December 2004, Chief Leschi was cleared by a unanimous vote by a Historical Court of Inquiry. 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

External links

• Washington State Senate Resolution 8727
• Washington State Senate Joint Memorial 8054