Crossed the Oregon Trail in 1843; settled on Puget Sound in 1846 with his brother Nathan Eaton. Veteran of the Cayuse War and Captain of "Eaton's Rangers" during Puget Sound Indian-Settler War of 1855-56.
Spouse was Kalakala, daughter of Chief Leschi.
Relocated to Yakima City [now Union Gap] in 1870.
See: Bancroft, H. The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft Vol XXXI: History of Washington, Idaho and Montana, San Francisco: The History Co, 1890, 113.
Nickname source: https://www.historylink.org/file/21195
Spouse was Kalakala, daughter of Chief Leschi.
Relocated to Yakima City [now Union Gap] in 1870.
See: Bancroft, H. The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft Vol XXXI: History of Washington, Idaho and Montana, San Francisco: The History Co, 1890, 113.
Nickname source: https://www.historylink.org/file/21195
Crossed the Oregon Trail in 1843; settled on Puget Sound in 1846 with his brother Nathan Eaton. Veteran of the Cayuse War and Captain of "Eaton's Rangers" during Puget Sound Indian-Settler War of 1855-56.
Spouse was Kalakala, daughter of Chief Leschi.
Relocated to Yakima City [now Union Gap] in 1870.
See: Bancroft, H. The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft Vol XXXI: History of Washington, Idaho and Montana, San Francisco: The History Co, 1890, 113.
Nickname source: https://www.historylink.org/file/21195
Spouse was Kalakala, daughter of Chief Leschi.
Relocated to Yakima City [now Union Gap] in 1870.
See: Bancroft, H. The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft Vol XXXI: History of Washington, Idaho and Montana, San Francisco: The History Co, 1890, 113.
Nickname source: https://www.historylink.org/file/21195
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