A history of Vancouver Barracks (later Fort Vancouver), the Indian wars, the San Juan Islands boundary dispute, and the death of Gen. Canby. The manuscript also contains copies of letters from Dr. William C. McKay, Ranald Macdonald, Gen. C. C. Augur's...
Description:
General Thomas Anderson, was colonel of the 14th Infantry and in command at Vancouver Barracks for many years.
Subject (Geographic):
Fort Vancouver (Wash.), Oregon, and San Juan Islands (Wash.)
Subject (Name):
Augur, Christopher Columbus, 1821-1898. and Anderson, Thomas McArthur, 1836-1917.
Subject (Topic):
Indians of North America, Wars, History, and Boundaries
Letters, documents, and receipts relating to Gardner's early surveying career in Oregon, his purchases of land in Black Rock, outside of Buffalo, N.Y., and in the town of Whatcom, Washington Territory. Also, letters and documents relating to the Orego...
Description:
G. Clinton Gardner worked on the US/Mexico boundary survey from 1849-1854, and then for his father, Charles K. Gardner, Surveyor General of Oregon. He served as Assistant Astronomer and Surveyor to the Commission appointed to establish the Northwest B...
Subject (Geographic):
Oregon., Washington., Black Rock (Buffalo, N.Y.), Northwest boundary of the United States., Oregon, Sumas (Wash.), and Whatcom (Wash.)
Subject (Name):
Flanders, Alvan., Gardner, Charles K. 1787-1869. (Charles Kitchell),, Gardner, Charles T., and Gardner, G. Clinton 1834-1904. (George Clinton),
Subject (Topic):
Indians of North America, Claims, Wars, and Surveying
Letters to George E. Hyde describe George Bent's life with the Cheyennes, Arapahoes, Comanches, Kiowas, Sioux and other tribes of the Arkansas and Platte valleys. They include accounts of the Indian wars, with personal narratives of the Chivington mas...
Description:
George Bent (1843-1918), son of Colonel William Bent, fur trader and founder of Bent's Fort, and Owl Woman, a Cheyenne, daughter of White Thunder, went to school in St. Louis. By 1904 he was living in Colony, Oklahoma.
Subject (Geographic):
Bent's Fort (Colo.), Colorado, Julesburg Region (Colo.), and Kansas
Subject (Name):
Bent, George, 1843-1918. and Hyde, George E., 1882-1968.
Subject (Topic):
Arapaho Indians, Cheyenne Indians, Comanche Indians, Dakota Indians, Indians of North America, Wars, Kiowa Indians, Little Bighorn, Battle of the, Mont., 1876, Sand Creek Massacre, Colo., 1864, and History
Letters to George E. Hyde describe George Bent's life with the Cheyennes, Arapahoes, Comanches, Kiowas, Sioux and other tribes of the Arkansas and Platte valleys. They include accounts of the Indian wars, with personal narratives of the Chivington mas...
Description:
George Bent (1843-1918), son of Colonel William Bent, fur trader and founder of Bent's Fort, and Owl Woman, a Cheyenne, daughter of White Thunder, went to school in St. Louis. By 1904 he was living in Colony, Oklahoma.
Subject (Geographic):
Bent's Fort (Colo.), Colorado, Julesburg Region (Colo.), and Kansas
Subject (Name):
Bent, George, 1843-1918. and Hyde, George E., 1882-1968.
Subject (Topic):
Arapaho Indians, Cheyenne Indians, Comanche Indians, Dakota Indians, Indians of North America, Wars, Kiowa Indians, Little Bighorn, Battle of the, Mont., 1876, Sand Creek Massacre, Colo., 1864, and History
Collection of approximately 76 drawings and sketches made by Brown in watercolor, oil, pastel, wash, pencil and ink. Thirty-one drawings depict army forts and western scenery, including Ringgold Barracks, Los Morus, Port Isabel, and San Jose, Texas; F...
Description:
Brown, an army surgeon and self-taught artist, served at several military posts in Texas and the Pacific Northwest in the 1850s. During the Civil War he served with the Army of the Potomac and in the Assistant Surgeon General's office in Louisville.
Subject (Geographic):
Oregon., Texas., Washington (State), Texas, Alamo (San Antonio, Tex.), Fort Dalles (Dalles, Or.), Fort Naches (Or.), Fort Ringgold (Rio Grande City, Tex.), Fort Vancouver (Wash.), Hood, Mount (Or.), Oregon, Port Isabel (Tex.), and Washington
Subject (Name):
Brown, Joseph B., 1822-1891., Lee, Robert E. 1807-1870. (Robert Edward),, and United States. Army
Subject (Topic):
Indians of North America, Wars, Missions, Spanish, Pacific Coast Indians, Wars with, 1847-1865, Military life, Voyages to the Pacific coast, and Description and travel
The papers describe the march of Lambert Martin's regiment from Iowa City to Fort Randall, Dakota in November and December 1861, garrison life, a scouting expedition and other details of military life. A photograph and genealogical chart of George Col...
Description:
Lambert A. Martin, of Salem, New York, who had been working as a farm hand in Iowa, enlisted in the Union Army in the fall of 1861, serving first in the 14th and later the 41st Iowa infantry.
Subject (Geographic):
United States., Black Hills (S.D. and Wyo.), Fort Donelson (Tenn.), Fort LaFromboise (S.D.), Fort Pierre (S.D.), Fort Randall (S.D.), Ponca Creek (S.D.), and United States
Subject (Name):
Bragg, Braxton, 1817-1876., Buell, Carlos, 1818-1898., Burnside, Ambrose Everett, 1824-1881., Cherry, Amos R., Clapp, Leonides., Cleveland, David, active 1861-1863., Davis, Jefferson Columbus, 1828-1879., Douglas, Stephen A. 1813-1861. (Stephen Arnold),, Germain, George., Harney, William S. 1800-1889. (William Selby),, Hempstead, George Collier, 1839-, Kirkwood, Samuel Jordan, 1813-1894., LaFromboise, Frank., Lee, Robert E. 1807-1870. (Robert Edward),, Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865., McClellan, George B. 1826-1885. (George Brinton),, Mahanna, B., Martin, Lambert A., -1863., Martin, Mary, active 1861-1863., Martin, William, active 1861-1863., Mitchel, O. M. 1809-1862. (Ormsby MacKnight),, Pattee, Wallace P., Pollock, Samuel M., Pope, John, 1822-1892., Seymour, Horatio, 1810-1886., Sibley, Henry Hastings, 1811-1891., Sully, Alfred, 1821-1879., Trask, Eugene F., -1863., Belle Peoria (Ship), United States. Army. Iowa Cavalry Regiment, 6th (1863-1865), United States. Army. Iowa Cavalry Regiment, 7th (1863-1866), and United States. Army. Iowa Infantry Regiment, 14th (1862-1865)
Subject (Topic):
Brulé Indians, Corinth, Battle of, 1862, Indians of North America, Wars, Santee Indians, Siksika Indians, Slavery, Winnebago Indians, Yankton Indians, Description and travel, Views, and History
The collection consists of bills, deeds, contracts, receipts, statements of account, correspondence, copies of court actions, Indian War claims, and licenses reflecting the activities of Oregon pioneers. The printed Indian War claims are: John Swindin...
Description:
John T. Apperson was a lieutenant in the Army at Ft. Walla Walla and Ft. Dalles, Oregon in 1863-1864. Augustine Magloire Alexander Blanchet was Bishop of Nesqually, Multnomah County. Amory Holbrook was U. S. Attorney for the Oregon Territory.
Subject (Geographic):
Oregon., Nesqually (Or.), Oregon, and Yamhill County (Or.)
Subject (Name):
Apperson, John T., 1834-1873., Blanchet, Augustine Magloire Alexander, 1797-1887., Chadwick, Stephen Fowler, 1825-1895., Crosby, Nathaniel, Jr., Hammer, Seth R., Holbrook, Amory, 1820-1866., Lownsdale, Daniel H., Redfield, John W., Selwood, J. R. W., Stanton, Hardy C., Swindin, John., and Winter, William, 1836-1917.
Subject (Topic):
Indians of North America, Claims, Wars, Rogue River Indian War, 1855-1856, Tututni Indians, and Politics and government
