Wallawalla

Wallawalla

Wallawalla, 1) (W. River), Fluß in Nordamerika, entspringt im nördlichen Theil des Staates Oregon, fließt westnordwestlich u. fällt bei Fort Wallawalla im Territory Washington in den Columbia River; 2) Indianer von einem nördlichen Stamme der Comanches, im Gebiete des oberen Columbia River, namentlich zwischen dem Strom u. der Cascade Range u. an den Ufern des W. River, waren 1855 u. 1856 in erbittertem Kampse gegen die Weißen.


Pierer's Lexicon. 1857–1865.

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