Battle of Four Lakes

Infobox Military Conflict
conflict=Battle of Four Lakes


caption=
partof=Yakima War, Battle of Spokane Plains
date=September 1, 1858
place=near present day Spokane, Washington
result=U.S. victory
combatant1=United States
combatant2=Yakama, Palouse, Spokane, and Coeur d'Alene
commander1=George Wright
commander2=Kamiakin
strength1=600
strength2=?
casualties1=0
casualties2=?|The Battle of Four Lakes was a battle during a US Army expedition against a confederation of Indian tribes in Washington and Idaho, and is also known as the Battle of Spokane Plains. Indian resistance to U.S. troops in the area had continued as part of the Yakima War. Commander of the Department of the Pacific, General Newman S. Clarke sent a force under Colonel George Wright to deal with the Indians. Wright's troops were well armed with the latest weaponry. Chief Kamiakin attacked Wright near present day Spokane, Washington. Wright counterattacked and drove off the Indians inflicting heavy losses while reportedly not losing a single soldier.

Further reading

* [http://www.washington.historylink.org/output.cfm?file_id=5143 U.S. Army defeats Native Americans at Battle of Four Lakes on September 1, 1858] at HistoryLink.org
* [http://content.wsulibs.wsu.edu/sid/bin/show.plx?client=maps&
] at Washington State University online library