Leschi – 2/25/24
Looking Back’s theme for 2024 is Many Streams, celebrating our rich and diverse history. Leschi, pictured here in this drawing from the 1850s, was a leader of the Nisqually Indian Tribe. He was hanged for his alleged killing of A. Benton Moses during the Indian Treaty Wars of 1855-1856. A judicial inquiry exonerated him posthumously…