Public notice, 1878.

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Public notice, 1878.

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Public notice (July 4, 1878) posted by James W. Nesmith, to all willing parties, calling for the immediate mobilization and dispatch of a volunteer infantry unit to Eastern Oregon via the Columbia River for the protection of whites against Indians.

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Nesmith, James Willis, 1820-1885

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James Willis Nesmith was born July 23, 1820 in New Brunswick, Canada. He arrived in Oregon in 1843 with pioneer missionary Dr. Marcus Whitman. Nesmith held several public offices, including provisional government supreme court judge, state legislator, captain in the Cayuse, Rogue River, and Yakima Indian Wars, U.S. marshall, superintendent of Indian affairs, and U.S. senator. From the description of James Willis Nesmith papers, 1845-1885. (Oregon Historical Society Research Library)....