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Kikisoblu (Princess Angeline) at her home, circa 1890

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Kikisoblu or Kick-is-on-lo Cud was the eldest daughter of Chief Seattle. During her long life, she saw the coming of white settlers, the exile of her Duwamish and Suquamish people from their traditional lands, and the growth of the new city named for her father. She didn't move to the Port Madison Reservation with the rest of her people, but stayed in Seattle. She earned her living doing laundry for some of Seattle's prominent families. A white friend asked to call her "Angeline," and others later added "Princess."

In this photo, probably taken in the 1880s or 1890s, Princess Angeline sits by her small house on Elliott Bay, below what is now the Pike Place Market. Before her death, in 1896, she had become one of Seattle's most photographed people.

Full title: Princess Angeline, daughter of Chief Seattle at her cottage, foot of Pike Street.
ID Number: SHS10965
Date: Circa 1890
Physical Description: 1 photographic print mounted on cardboard : gelatin, b&w ; 21 x 13 cm.
Credit: MOHAI, SHS10965
Copyright: No Known Copyright