Peter and Susie Bones and an unknown person

ID: 5457 ~ Source: Reed, Diane B. Legendary Locals of Walla Walla
This file appears in: Old Bones Cemetery
Peter and Susie Bones and an unknown person

Peter was the grandson of Chief Old Bones. Here Susie (?) holds a portrait of Chief Old Bones. It is said that the shirt he’s wearing in the portrait was given to his father by the Whitman family.

This file appears in: Old Bones Cemetery

By Jessica L. Bell
The Palouse Indian Village at the confluence of the Palouse and Snake Rivers was home to many generations of Native peoples until the mid-1940s. The river provided the village with ample fish and waterfowl to live on. Chief Old Bones, or Charley Old…