Tragedy of the Wahk-Shum: The Death of Andrew J. Bolon, Yakima Indian Agent, As Told by Su-El-Lil, Eyewitness; Also, the Suicide of General George A

Fascinating accounts of told Native American history — the murder of Andrew J. Bolon, Yakima Indian Agent, mid-September 1855, remained a mystery for almost six decades. Then, Su-el-lil broke decades of fear-induced silence to recall his witness of the murder, and to lead his friend L. V. McWhorter to the murder site. And in 1911 Owl Child detailed how, while riding with a band of Piegan Blackfeet in Southern Montana Territory, he watched as a detachment of several hundred U.S. Cavalry was set upon by perhaps thousands of Indian warriors and annihilated, watched the commander’s terrifying last moments — and suicide.