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The Battle of Four Lakes was a punitive expedition against a confederation of Indian tribes in Washington and Idaho, and is also known as the Battle of Spokane Plains. Indian attacks on U.S. troops in the area had continued as part of the Yakima War. Commander of the Department of the Pacific, General Newman S. Clarke sent a force under Colonel George Wright to deal with the Indians. Wright's troops were well armed with the latest weaponry. Chief Kamiakin attacked Wright near present day Spokane, Washington. Wright counterattacked and drove off the Indians inflicting heavy losses while reportedly not losing a single soldier.
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