Steilacoom
Steilacoom is located on the southern shore of
Puget Sound, just southwest of
Tacoma. Its name is an anglicization of “č'tilqʷɘbš” (pronounced “CH'tilQWubSH”) in the
Steilacoom People's language, Whulshootseed, a subdialect of
Puget Sound Salish.
1In 1792,
Vancouver's crew sailed past and met with Indigenous people offshore from Steilacoom, and by
1824, the HBC visited the village.
2This 1856 despatch makes reference to a principal military station
at Steilacoom.
- 1. Steilacoom Tribe History, Steilacoom Tribe.
- 2. Historic Timeline, Town of Steilacoom.
Mentions of this place in the documents
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Blanshard, Governor Richard to Grey, Third Earl, Henry George 8 April 1850, CO 305:2,
no. 5505, 49.
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Douglas, Sir James to Grey, Right Honorable, Second Baronet, Sir George 1 March 1856,
CO 305:7, no. 3969, 5.
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The Colonial Despatches: Hill, Captain Bennett H.
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Boys, Reverend Thomas to Cuffe, 3rd Earl of Desart John Otway O'Conner 11 October
1852, CO 305:3, no. 9263, 495.
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Shepherd, Captain, HBC Governor John to Labouchere, Henry 7 February 1856, CO 305:7,
no. 1227, 238.