Col. George Wright decorated for bravery
This file appears in: Whistalks Way
Courtesy of U.S. Military Academy Archives - United States Army
This file appears in: Whistalks Way
Whistalks Way
In 1858, tensions between the white settlers and the native population grew in the Palouse. In May of 1858, Col. Edward Steptoe led an expedition meant to end at Fort Colvile. His plan was to suppress Indian resistance. Steptoe and his men were ill…