Various2018-05-242018-05-241936TRA-056-07-005http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11867/757324 page typed transcription, created by Click Relander."Ka-mi-a-kin, the Yakima chief, had gone to Walla Walla in 1847 and asked for a Catholic priest for his tribe. Two fathers were sent the same year to establish a mission the Ahtanum. These two men were the only white men in the valley for years. They left when the mission was burned by soldiers in 1856. For a number of years the valley was closed to white settlers. In 1859 after congress ratified the treaty made between Governor Stevens and the Indian tribes of Eastern Washington in 1855 the valley was thrown open and settlement began."NO KNOWN COPYRIGHT The organization that has made the Item available reasonably believes that the Item is not restricted by copyright or related rights, but a conclusive determination could not be made. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.