Battle of Seattle (1856)
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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
Memorial plaque for the blockhouse fort formerly located at Cherry Street
Portrait of Chief Owhi
"Battle of Seattle", Emily Inez Denny
Blockhouse fort survivors Ira Woodin, Carson D. Boren, and Walter Graham (for whom the Graham Hill area is named) in a 1905 photograph by Theodore E. Peiser
Princess Angeline
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Princess Angeline, also known in Lushootseed as Kikisoblu, Kick-is-om-lo, or Wewick, was the eldest daughter of Chief Seattle.
Battle of Seattle (1856)
…the governor had been completely mistaken and that an attack was imminent. These reports have been variously credited to Chief Seattle, his daughter Princess Angeline, or another chief, Sucquardle (known also as "Curley" or "Curly Jim"). David Swinson "Doc" Maynard, reputed to have had far more than the usual concern…
Kikisoblu (also known as Princess Angeline) in an 1896 photogravure by Edward Sheriff Curtis
Kikisoblu c. 1893 by Frank La Roche
Postcard of Kikisoblu and her home near the foot of Pike Street, Seattle, Washington