In 1855-56 Oregon Indian Superintendent Joel Palmer established a number of temporary reservations to hold Indians in Oregon. Many tribes had negotiated treaties and were
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A Startling History of the Cascades Indians, 1855-1862
On March 26, 1856, a year after the Willamette Valley treaty is negotiated (Jan. 22, 1855) there is an uprising on the Columbia near the
First Newcomers: Soto on the Columbia
In an apparent twist of history, it was not the Americans who were first among the group of civilized Christian nations that settled in Oregon.