Selections from: Dana Journal- This journal was challenging to read as it was in light pencil and a difficult penmanship. He writes in a notation style and is most concerned with rocks and soil types as the expedition geologist. He did note a few native place names from the Clatsop area 37- prairie nearly 3 … [Read more…]
Henry Eld Journal– September 9th 1841- (at the Willamette Mission settlement leaving Turner’s house)- Our route has been through what might be called a hilly prairie country. the grass mostly burnt off by recent fires, & the whole country sprinkled with oaks so regularly dispersed as to have the appearance of a continuous orchard of … [Read more…]
Colvocoresses has a limited account, his journal ends in the Umpqua Valley. Four years in the Government Exploring Expedition by George M. Colvocoresses, Fairchild, NY, 1855. (at Willamette Mission) September 7, 1841- The number of Indian children to whom they give instruction does not exceed twenty, and the adult Indians living about the settlement, are … [Read more…]
Journal of Lieutenant George Foster Emmons[1] (Officer of the Peacock) August 7, 1841-The country becoming smoky from the annual fires of the Indians- who burn the prairies to dry and partially cook a sunflower seed (tarweed)- which abounds throughout this portion of the country & is afterwards collected by them in great quantities & kept … [Read more…]
It seems important to tribes that if they are truly to become restored, and decolonized, they need to be culturally restored by helping to decolonize their lands and traditional resources at the same time. Tribes did not independently become culture but there are important interactions with their land and its resources that helped develop their … [Read more…]