General History – Page 3

A Policy of Forfeiture of Rights and Annuities under the Peace Treaty of 1853

August 15, 2021August 21, 202113 min read

In numerous essays on this blog I have noted that many of the tribes considered the most violent, and those who had participated in the

August 15, 2021August 15, 202116 min read

One of the most egregious of acts against the Rogue River tribes in southern Oregon was making them pay for the destruction of the property

August 3, 2021August 25, 202116 min read

In about March 1855 there was formed a temporary reservation, or encampment, for the Champinefu Kalapuyans at Corvallis. This was one of over a dozen

July 12, 2021July 13, 20217 min read

An investigation at Grand Ronde and the agent precipitated this meeting of the chiefs. The Indian Agent was asking for them to produce their own

General History

July 7, 2021August 9, 202111 min read

In the final 10 months of Joel Palmer’s residency as superintendent of Indian affairs of Oregon, he was under a microscope by citizens of the