Letters, 1855-1856.

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Letters, 1855-1856.

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The letters to John Flett, special sub-Indian agent at Wapato Lake, request information about the Indians in his area and their attitude toward the hostile Indians, and give instructions on gathering the Indians in encampments. There is a letter from Berrymore Jennings, special sub-agent in Willamette Valley, and one from P. D. Blanchard. Accompanying the letters is a copy of the broadside "Regulations for the guidance of agents in the Oregon Indian Superintendency and pending existing hostilities."

6 items (11 p.); 25 cm.

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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Jennings, Berryman.

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Blanchard, P. D.

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Flett, John, 1815-1892

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John Flett emigrated from the Selkirk settlement on the Red River in 1841 under the auspices of the Puget Sound Agricultural Company. Appointed in 1854 as Indian interpreter, and later subagent, under Gen. Joel Palmer, he attended all the Indian councils with Superintendent Palmer. He returned to farming in Washington Territory in 1859 and settled at Lakeview. From the description of Indian religions notes, 1890 Jul 11. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702127577 Indian agent a...

Palmer, Joel, 1810-1881

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Joel Palmer was born October 4, 1810 in Elizabethtown, Ontario, Canada to Ephraim and Anna Palmer. When Joel was two his family fled the ravages of the War of 1812 and settled in the frontier village of Lowville in northern New York. At the age of twelve Joel was "bound out" (a form of indentured servitude) to the Haworth family in the Catskill Mountains. At age 16 he left the Catskills for Philadelphia where he married Catherine Caffee in 1830, who later died in childbirth. In 1836 Joel married...