When: Sunday, November 4, 2007
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What time: 2pm
Where: DuPont Community Presbyterian Church,
502 Barksdale Ave, DuPont 98327
Directions: Take I-5 to Exit 119 and turn
into DuPont when you get off the highway. The church is on Barksdale Ave on the left just
past City Hall.
Historian Drew Crooks will present an illustrated
lecture examining the life and tragic death of Quiemuth, a strong and
capable Native American leader who lived from ca.1800 to 1856. An older
half-brother of the famous Leschi, Quiemuth was appointed chief of the
Nisqually Tribe by Governor Isaac Stevens in 1854. He was later killed
in the Olympia office of Governor Stevens. No one was ever brought to
justice for the crime.
Mr. Crooks will look at the mysteries surrounding the chief’s murder and
discuss why we should remember Quiemuth whose life and death helped
shape the history of southern Puget Sound.
Mr. Crooks has worked in various museums in the South Sound. He has
written several articles of historical interest, including three books
on the region’s heritage.
The lecture is free. Donations to the Dupont Historical Society will be
gladly accepted. For more information call Lorraine Overmyer
253-964-3492 or Lee McDonald 253-267-5267
This is the second of three lectures sponsored by the Dupont Historical
Society. The third lecture is slated for February 3rd is Ezra Meeker: My
friend Black Pioneer George Bush presented by historian Ray Eagan.
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