“A Glorious Sight to See”

I’ll be the first to admit: I know nothing about the Battle of Spokane Plains. Actually, I know little about the Pacific Northwest, except I admire Bill Gulick, love salmon and trout, and highly recommend Cayuse’s Syrah wine (2000 vintage) out of Walla Walla. Yet, I’m bound for Spokane with one thing on my mind: Burned out on the Little Bighorn, I want something different, something without Lakota or Cheyenne, Custer or Reno, something before the Civil War that isn’t Lewis and Clark.