1806 M. Lewis Jrnl. 27 Apr. in Jrnls. Lewis & Clark Exped. (1991) VII. 173 The principal Cheif of the Wallahwallahs joined us with six men of his nation.

1843 F. Marryat Narr. Trav. M. Violet I. ii. 24 I spied thirty scalps on his belt, his leggings and mocassins were sewn with the hair of the Wallah Wallahs.

1846 H. Hale U.S. Exploring Exped.: Ethnogr. & Philol. 198 The South-Oregon division. To this belong the Sahaptin family (Nez-percés and Wallawallas), [etc.].

1855 Santa Barbara (Calif.) Gaz. 15 Nov. 2/4 The Walla Wallas, Nez Perces, Umatillas, Cayuses and Palouses have united, and together they can bring five or six thousand warriors into the field.

1957 Encycl. Brit. V. 82/1 [The Cayuse] were closely allied with the Wallawalla and Nez Percés tribes, and there was a great deal of intermarriage, particularly with the latter tribe.

1970 Encycl. Americana XXVIII. 293/2 Walla Walla Indians..have been removed to the Umatilla Reservation in Oregon, where some 623 Walla Walla resided in 1960.

1984 N.Y. Times 20 May ii. 34/5 Outstanding examples have been identified as the work of Shahaptin women of the Nez Perce, Umatilla, Yakima, Klikitat, Tenino, Wallawalla and Palouse tribes.

1850 G. Hines Voy. round World 31 Mr. Perkins..applied himself to the acquirement of the Walla-Walla.