the conflict that started it was the land, the whites won the war and Yakama had lost 90 percent of their traditional lands and were confined to a reservation.
It was for this reason that Major Haller and his troops set out from The Dalles for the Yakima Valley. The fight on October 5 started the conflict that would come to be known as the Yakama (or Yakima) Indian War. Casualties in this first battle were low on both sides.
