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.
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
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
Princess Angeline
…large native coalition force. Thanks to this warning, the settlers and neutral native tribespeople were able to protect themselves during the resulting Battle of Seattle. The 1855 Treaty of Point Elliott required that all Duwamish Indians leave their land for reservations, but Kikisoblu remained in Seattle in a waterfront…
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