Lawyer - Nez Perce (1905)
Photogravure, Portfolio VIII, plate 264

"In 1855 twenty-five hundred Nez Perce assembled in the Walla Walla valley to meet in council Governor Stevens, of Washington Territory, and General Joel Palmer, superintendent of Indian Affairs in Oregon Territory. The Walla Walla, Umatilla, Cayuse, the numerous Shahaptian bands known as the Yakima, and other representatives of various villages along the Columbia were there. Lawyer (which is a nickname, not a translation of his native name, Hahlahlhutsot) was the most prominent chief among the bands of the upper country." -Curtis

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