In 1853, the Oregon Territorial militia commanded by General Joseph Lane was fighting a series of battles in the Rogue River valley, the main battle
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The Battle of Abiqua, Second Battle of the Willamette Valley
The Battle of Abiqua In February 1848, six months after the Whitman Massacre, the settlers in the Willamette valley were very tense, concerned that the
Molalla Chief Crooked Finger, the Battle of Abiqua and the 1851 Molalla Treaty
Crooked Finger (Loshuk), the Molalla Chief, lived in an upland valley in the foothills of the Cascades, above present day Scott’s Mills. This area is