Tag: 1856

General History, Grand Ronde Reservation, Kalapuya, Oregon indians, treaties, Willamette Valley8 Comments

Newly Found: The March 1856 Census of Indians At The Grand Ronde Reservation

David G. Lewis, PhD

The Census was found at the Oregon Historical Society Archives in the William W. Raymond Collection on May 9, 2019. That afternoon after my PSU class I took the opportunity to check out a few leads looking for information from Indian agents on the Oregon Coast. Raymond is not so well known, but he spent some years as the Indian Agent of the Astoria District. He lived in Tillamook and managed the Clatsop and Tillamook tribes. Then in 1856, Joel Palmer assigned him to help with the Resettlement of Tribes to the Grand Ronde Reservation. He is there with other … Continue reading Newly Found: The March 1856 Census of Indians At The Grand Ronde Reservation

California Natives, General History, Native Issues, Oregon Coast, Oregon indians, Uncategorized12 Comments

Klamath River Reservation and White Privilege, 1856

David G. Lewis, PhD

Continuing with the ndnhistoryresearch series on the massacres of the Tribes on northern California and Southern Oregon coast, I have found a few more documents that address the removal of the tribes to the Klamath River Reservation and their rights and conditions. These reports are from the microfilm copies of the correspondence series for the California Indian Agents. In the mid-1850s, there was an early plan to create three reservations for Indians of California. In 1851, the three Indian superintendents of California (Barbour, Wozencraft, and McKee) divided the state, north, center and south, and dutifully traveled from Sacramento through their … Continue reading Klamath River Reservation and White Privilege, 1856