Adam Hawk

In the coastal community of Taholah, Washington, a tragic series of events unfolded on February 28, 1910, culminating in the death of Native American Quinault Tribal Police Officer Adam Hawk. Officer Hawk was assisting a man in the difficult task of removing his fourteen-year-old daughter from the home of a suspect where she had been living for several months with the man and his wife. The couple was unwilling to let the girl leave.

As Officer Hawk was transporting the father and his daug ...