Yakima War
| 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 | |||||||
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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 | ||||||
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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, 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.