John Webster Perit Huntington papers, 1855-1869.

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John Webster Perit Huntington papers, 1855-1869.

Papers consist mainly of correspondence and financial records created during Huntington's term as Superintendent of Indian Affairs in Oregon. Correspondents include: Benjamin Alvord, Jesse Applegate, William Barnhart, Benjamin Franklin Dowell, George S. Hinsdale, B.N. Huntington, William C. Johnson, William Kelly, John Kelsay, James Willis Nesmith, S.G. Reed, and Benjamin Simpson, among others. Subjects include: the drowning of William Logan and subsequent disappearance of $25,000 in Indian affairs money, Oregon Republican politics and convention news, the murder of Dick Johnson (Klickitat Indian), and treaties with the Snake and Warm Springs tribes.

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Alvord, Benjamin, 1813-1884

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Alvord was born in Rutland, Vermont, where he developed an interest in nature. He attended the United States Military Academy and displayed a talent in mathematics. He graduated in 1833. He was assigned to the 4th U.S. Infantry and participated in the Seminole Wars. He returned to West Point as an assistant professor of mathematics until 1839, when he was again assigned to the 4th Infantry. He spent 21 years of his military career with that regiment. He was on frontier, garrison, and engin...

Johnson, Dick, d. 1858.

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Kelly, William, 1829-1871

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Johnson, William Carey, 1833-1912

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United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Oregon Superintendency

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Kelsay, John, 1819-1897

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Huntington, John Webster Perit, 1831-1869.

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John Webster Perit Huntington was born July 5, 1831 in Norwich, Connecticut and died June 3, 1869 at the age of 37. He sailed around Cape Horn in 1850, settling in Yoncalla, Umpqua (now Douglas) County, Oregon in 1852. He was elected to the state legislature in 1860 and appointed Oregon's Superintendent of Indian Affairs in 1863. As superintendent, Huntington played a significant role in securing treaties with the Warm Springs and Snake tribes. He was also part owner of a "Unionist" paper in the...

Hinsdale, George S.

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Barnhart, William, ca. 1827-1909

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William Barnhart, pioneer merchant of Portland, Oregon, was the first Portland agent of Wells, Fargo and Company in the early 1850s. He later served as the state land agent in Salem and Indian agent in Umatilla. In 1854 he married Mary Campbell of Corvallis, a daughter of pioneer missionaries. The Barnharts returned to Portland in the 1880s, where they died in 1909 and 1910. From the guide to the William Barnhart papers, 1850-1878, (Oregon Historical Society) ...

Dowell, Benjamin Franklin, 1826-1897.

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Dowell moved to Portland, Oregon in 1850, and then to Jackson in 1852, finally moving back to Portland in 1855. He took part in the Rogue River Indian War in 1853 and the Yakima War in 1855. He operated a pack train from Wilamette Valley to the gold mines and bought and edited the Oregon Sentinel. From the description of Overland journey by ox team from St. Joseph, Missouri, to California /by Benjamin Franklin Dowell, 1850. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702125764 Benjamin F...

Republican Party (Or.)

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Applegate, Jesse A., 1811-1888

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Oregon pioneer, legislator, and writer. From the description of Letter, 1864 Oct. 31. (University of Oregon Libraries). WorldCat record id: 22390872 Elwood Evans (1828-1898), born in Philadelphia, went to Oregon Territory in 1851 as deputy collector of customs at Nisqually. From 1859 to 1861, he served as mayor of the newly incorporated town of Olympia, Washington. In addition to his historical work, A History of the Pacific Northwest, he contributed many historical articles...

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)....

Reed, Simeon Gannett, 1830-1895.

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Simeon Reed was born in 1830 in Massachusetts. After several jobs in commerce, he married Amanda Wood, and in 1852 they sailed to San Francisco. That same year they moved to Portland, where he worked in William Ladd's general merchandise store, becoming a partner four years later. He helped organize and run the Oregon Steam Navigation Company, which monopolized commercial traffic on the Columbia River and from which he reaped much profit before it sold in 1879. Reed bought farms, owned several m...

Huntington, B. N.

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Simpson, Benjamin, 1816-1910

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