The Bitter Waters of Medicine Creek: A Tragic Clash Between White and Native America
- ISBN-10
- 0307268896
- ISBN-13
- 9780307268891
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 330
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2011
- Publisher
- Knopf
- Author
- Richard Kluger
Description
Seeks to clarify historical records on unjust land disputes between Native Americans and white settlers, tracing the efforts of Washington's first governor, Isaac Ingalls Stevens, to resettle the Nisqually tribe in unsuitable regions. By the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Ashes to Ashes.
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