Monument at Horse Slaughter Camp from the Battle of Four Lakes, probably between 1940 and 1945

Description: 

Colonel Wright killed the horses to keep them from being used by tribes in battle.Written on page: Monument thirteen miles east of Spokane on Appleway Highway, where 800 Indian ponies were shot by order of Colonel Geo. Wright Sept. 10-11, 1858. PH Coll 1252.69-2

Location Description: 

United States--Washington (State)