"On June 9, 1855, Isaac I. Stevens, Governor and Superintendent of Indian Affairs in Washington Territory, made a treaty with many tribes which he grouped into one 'nation' under the name of 'Yakama'… The Wenatchee Indians feel that it was wrong to include them in the Yakima 'nation'... They were advised to consult some United States officer. In the white man's city of Wenatchee they found that R.S. Ludington was a United States Commissioner... He helped them prepare a letter to the 'Great White Father' at Washington... [Mr. Ludington] has furnished [the letter] for publication that a permanent record may be had of the Wenatchee Indians' plea for justice."
