Half-Sun on the Columbia: A Biography of Chief Moses

by John A. Brown, Robert H. Ruby, John Arthur Brown

Book Overview

"Winner of the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Regional Award" Chief Moses (Sulktalthscosum or Half-Sun) was chief of the Columbias, a Salish-speaking people of the mid Columbia River area in what is now the state of Washington. This award-winning biography by Robert Ruby and John Brown situates Moses in the opening of the Northwest and subsequent Indian-white relations, between 1850 and 1898. Early in life Moses had won a name for himself...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806106751
• ISBN13: 9780806106755
• Release Date: January 1965
• Publisher: Univ of Oklahoma Pr (Trd)
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.