And if a man sell his daughter to be a maidservant, she shall not go out as the menservants do.
Exodus 21:7 KJV
New International Version
“If a man sells his daughter as a servant, she is not to go free as male servants do.
Exodus 21:7 NIV
Yf a man sell his doughter to be a servaunte: she shall not goo out as the men servauntes doo.
Exodus 21:7 TYN
- From Many, One: The Immigrant Threads of Issaquah’s History (issaquahhistorymuseums.com)
Historically, our area was home to the Coast Salish people, which included our local Snoqualmie and Sammamish tribes. Squak Valley (now Issaquah) was remote and wild. No roads, no trains, and the only access was by water or old Indian trails. In the 1860s as Indigenous communities experienced displacement in the valley from land and resources, early immigrants joined those settlers. What they found was a fertile valley, fresh water, big trees, and a place to build a new life. And with them came the traditions and expertise of their homelands, laying the groundwork for Issaquah’s evolving identity.