In 1855, the United States was on a campaign to purchase all of the land from the Oregon Tribes and remove them to reservations. Joel
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Alexander Phimister Proctor in Oregon
Alexander Phimister Proctor (1860-1950), is born in Canada and becomes one of the most famed American sculptors of his time. He worked extensively in the
Gifts for the Chiefs: Visitations to the Superintendent’s Office in Dayton
After the tribes were removed to the reservations and the treaties were ratified payments began to the chiefs. The tribal chiefs would get the annual
This Place is as My Heart: The 1855 Wasco-Deschutes Treaty
In 1855, Joel Palmer met with the Wasco and Deschutes tribes to convince them to sign the treaty and remove to the proposed Warm Springs
I Have Only One Talk: The Dog Rivers Refuse to Remove
At the June 1855 treaty meeting of the Deschutes, Wascoes, and Walla Wallas, there were also the Dog River Cascades. They are listed on the