John Owen papers, 1849-1881

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Title: John Owen papers, 1849-1881
Creator: Owen, John, 1818-1889
Abstract: John Owen's letterbook contains copies of his letters and documents relating to his work as a Flathead Indian agent, St. Mary's mission and Fort Owen, relations between the Indians and the Catholic missions and the white settlers, the Hudson's Bay Company, Indian wars, and Fort Owen. His account book for the Oregon Rifles contains pencil sketches of acquaintances
Description: John Owen came to the northwest in 1849 with the Oregon Rifles and became their sutler at Cantonment Loring. In 1850 he settled as a trader in Bitter Root Valley and two years later he purchased St. Mary's Mission where he built Fort Owen. He served as a special agent to the Flathead Indians, from 1856 to 1862. After 1871, he lived in a hospital at Helena, Montana and later he went to live with relatives in Philadelphia.
Available on microfilm.
Original bindings.
Provenance: Gift of William Robertson Coe.
Extent: 1 32.5 cm. v. (198 p.) ;
1 31 cm. v. (69 p.) ;
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Genre: Account books United States
Subject (Geographic): Indiana.
Subject (Name): Owen, John, 1818-1889.
Hudson's Bay Company.
United States. Army. Mounted Rifle Regiment.
Subject (Topic): Cantonment Loring (Ind.)
Indian agents
Salish Indians
Subjects: Owen, John, 1818-1889
Hudson's Bay Company
United States. Army. Mounted Rifle Regiment
Cantonment Loring (Ind.)
Indian agents > Indiana
Salish Indians
United States
Indiana

Access: Public
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Citation: John Owen Papers. Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.