What the records say
- When
- 26 Jan 1856
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 47.60° N, 122.32° W
- Description
- attack by Native Americans upon Seattle in 1856
Battle of Seattle (1856)
1856 Battle of the Puget Sound War & Yakima War in Seattle, Washington
The Battle of Seattle was a January 26, 1856 attack by a coalition of Native American tribes upon Seattle, Washington. At the time, Seattle was a small, four-year-old settlement in the then-Washington Territory. It had recently named itself after Chief Seattle (Sealth), a leader of the Suquamish and Duwamish peoples of central Puget Sound. The settlement was already made the seat of King County in 1852.
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