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 payment to their tribes and would be responsible for doling out the money and supplies to their people. For some 20 years this was the pattern for leadership at the reservations. Between 1856 and 1861 Edward Geary was the Oregon Indian Superintendent. He had been Joel Palmer’s assistant but took over the position when Palmer was fired. Geary kept the Commissioner’s office at his house in Dayton where he lived near Palmer. At Geary’s house … Continue reading Gifts for the Chiefs: Visitations to the Superintendent’s Office in Dayton