Half-Sun on the Columbia, Volume 80: A Biography of Chief Moses

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

Book Overview

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 H. Ruby and John A. 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 battling whites, but with the maturity and responsibilities of chieftainship,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806127384
• ISBN13: 9780806127385
• Release Date: April 1995
• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"