DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS
NISQUALLY
HERE, IN THE NISQUALLY VALLEY
ON THE BANK OF MCALLISTER. CREEK, ALSO
KNOWN AS MEDICINE CREEK AND BY THE
INDIANS CALLED SHE-NAH-NAM IS THE
MEMORABLE SPOT WHERE ISAACI STEVENS
FIRST TERRITORIAL GOVERNOR OF WASHINGTON,
SAT IN COUNSEL WITH THE CHIEFTAINS OF
THE LOWER PUGET SOUND INDIAN TRIBES,
PRINCIPALLY THE NISQUALLYS, PUYALLUPS
AND SOUAXONS, DECEMBER 24 TO 26, 1854.
THE RESULTING MEDICINE CREEK TREATY
PURCHASED LAND FOR WHITE SETTLERS
AWARDED RESERVATIONS TO THE INDIANS,
AND CONCLUDED THE FIRST IN-A-SERIES
OF IMPORTANT NORTHWEST INDIAN TREATIES
