SW Oregon History

Rogue River Indian Wars, 1852-1856

INDEX

to Selected Excerpts of Correspondence & Reports

Filed with the US Office of Indian Affairs, 1850-1871

Compiled and Organized by Bob Zybach, 2007

The following list of excerpts regarding US handling and perspectives of the Rogue River Indian Wars were taken from official records of the US Office of Indian Affairs. These selections and index were made as background research for a long-term forest science research project on USDI Bureau of Land Management lands in the Applegate River and Cow Creek subbasins in southwest Oregon. The primary research project has been headed by Dr. Mike Newton, College of Forestry, Oregon State University, since its inception nearly 30 years ago.

Most of the following selections were obtained in digital format via the online "Native American Documents Project" (NADP) on the California State University, San Marcos website: http://www.csusm.edu/nadp/. The NADP was started in 1992 by Professor Earl A. Schwartz, who completed his doctoral research in 1991 on the topic of the Rogue River Indian Wars. All NADP excerpts include an active link to the project's homepage. The NADP recommended method of citing these resources are given here: http://www.csusm.edu/nadp/citation.htm

FROM
TO DATE REGARDING
   
Spalding Oct. 14 Spalding orders; whiskey
Lea Oct. 22 Spalding orders; treaties
Spalding Dec. 7 Indian danger; 1846 killing
Lea Dec. 30 Applegate advice; US troops
   
Spalding Mar. 1 Treatment of Indians by goldminers
Gaines Jun. 12 June 2, 1851 Willow Springs battle
Dart Jul. 8 Indian prisoners; bad whites
Lea Jul. 19 Oregon Donation Land Law
Lea Jul. 22 Spalding illness; goldminers
Dart Aug. 19 Ewing Young murders; treaties
Dart Sep. 24 Spalding escape; Gaines treaty
   
Lea Dec. 14 Dart resignation
   
Manypenny Jul. 8 Graves Cr.“murders"; Taylor hanging
Commissioner Sep. 10 "Stipulations of a treaty"
Manypenny Oct. 8 Sep. 10, 1853 Treaty
   
Parrish May 15 Chetco massacres; damages
Palmer Jun. 12 Indian Creek murder; Old John
     
Palmer Apr. 14 Chinese theft; Applegate Valley exit
Palmer May 12 Indian murder sentence; hay sales
Manypenny Jul. 10 Siletz Reservation boundaries
Manypenny Jul. 14 Sep. 10, 1853 Treaty; $1000 & flour
Palmer Nov. 11 All quiet; Sam; Bruce elected Major
Palmer Dec. 2 Early snows; Indian suffering
   
Commissioner Jan. 9 Nov. 24, 1854 Treaty; deep snow
Commissioner Apr. 27 Bruce claim; Oct. 8, 1855 Massacre
Palmer Jun. 23 Requests signed retraction; DC
Curry Aug. 8 Reply to Curry; "lawless vagabonds"
True Californian Aug. 12 Defends Indians; Palmer; Wool
Commissioner Sep. 20 Siletz Reservation proposal
NY Tribune Sep. 30 Defends Indians; suffers results
Oregon Statesman Oct. 8a Defends John; Oct. 8, 1855 Massacre
Manypenny Oct. 8b Fought “moral war”; needs cash
Hedges Dec. 12 Siletz Reservation shipwreck
Manypenny Dec. 19 Siletz Reservation shipwreck
   
Browne
Commissioner Dec. 4 “War of Destiny”; "inferior races"
   
Mott
Commissioner Feb. 11 OR Donation Land Claims; Chiefs' statements
   
Sykes
Geary Nov. 16 Siletz Reservation escapees; squaw men
   
Rector
Dole
Indian Chiefs
Rector May 26 Broken Treaty Promises
   
Huntington
Cooley Oct. 26 Table Rock Reservation report
   
Oregonian
Public News Jul. 17 Palmer is new Siletz Agent
     

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