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Hang Them All - George Wright and the Plateau Indian War, 1858 (Hardcover)
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Hang Them All - George Wright and the Plateau Indian War, 1858 (Hardcover)
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Col. George Wright's campaign against the Yakima, Spokane, Coeur
d'Alene, Palouse, and other Indian peoples of eastern Washington
Territory was intended to punish them for a recent attack on
another U.S. Army force. Wright had once appeared to respect the
Indians of the Upper Columbia Plateau, but in 1858 he led a brief
war noted for its violence, bloodshed, and summary trials and
executions. Today, many critics view his actions as war crimes, but
among white settlers and politicians of the time, Wright was a
patriotic hero who helped open the Inland Northwest to settlement.
""Hang Them All"" offers a comprehensive account of Wright's
campaigns and explores the controversy surrounding his legacy. Over
thirty days, Wright's forces defeated a confederation of Plateau
warriors in two battles, destroyed their food supplies, slaughtered
animals, burned villages, took hostages, and ordered the hanging of
sixteen prisoners. Seeking the reasons for Wright's turn toward
mercilessness, Cutler asks hard questions: If Wright believed he
was limiting further bloodshed, why were his executions so
gruesomely theatrical and cruel? How did he justify destroying food
supplies and villages and killing hundreds of horses? Was Wright
more violent than his contemporaries, or did his actions reflect a
broader policy of taking Indian lands and destroying Native
cultures? Stripped of most of their territory, the Plateau tribes
nonetheless survived and preserved their cultures. With Wright's
reputation called into doubt, some northwesterners question whether
an army fort and other places in the region should be named for
him. Do historically based names honor an undeserving murderer, or
prompt a valuable history lesson? In examining contemporary and
present-day treatments of Wright and the incident, ""Hang Them
All"" adds an important, informed voice to this continuing debate.
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