Robert Newell's Memoranda travles in the teritory of Missourie : travle to the Kayuse War : together with A report on the Indians south of the Columbia River
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Robert Newell (1807-1868) was an American Mountain Man and 'Doctor' who settled in Oregon and was involved in Indian Affairs of the Oregon Territory. He served as a peace commissioner in the Cayuse War keeping the Nez Perce neutral during the conflict. He settled in Oregon after 1840 and had 3 wives with 16 children and served in the Territorial Government and later the State Government. |
| Author(s): | Robert Newell , Dorothy Johansen , Lawton Kennedy (Book designer, Printer), Champoeg Press (Publisher) |
| Document: | Book · Hardcover · CIRC [ 0 ] |
| Edition: | 1st Edition |
| Published: | 1959 |
| Physical Description: | 159 pages, 2 unnumbered leaves of plates (1 folded) : illustrations, maps ; 27 cm |
| Genre: | rare books |
| Notes: | "1000 copies designed and printed by Lawton Kennedy"--Title page versoIncludes frontispiece illustration, "Old Fort Walla Walla" and two sections from the map, "Fremont-Gibbs-Jedediah Smith Map of the American West" |
| Contents: | Part One. Memorandum of travles in the Teritory of Missourie: Introduction: The mountain men; Robert Newell: mountain man ; The mountain years ; The document: its place in the literature of the fur trade ; The memorandum ; Appendices: Occasional entries ; Personae [Persons] in Memorandum and Occasional entries. Part Two. Memorandum of travle to the Kayuse War: The valley years ; The Cayuse War ; The document ; The memorandum ; Appendices: Governor George Abernethy's instructions to Colonel Gilliam of the First Regiment of Oregon Riflemen; Governor George Abernethy's instructions to the Peace Commissioners; Governor George Abernethy's letter to the great chiefs of the Nez Perces and other tribes; Report of the Peace Commissioners; Newell's speech to the Nez Perces in council at Waiilatpu, March 7, 1848. Part Three. Robert Newell's report on the Indians south of the Columbia River: Introduction; A report on the Indians of Sub-agency First District south of the Columbia, August 10, 1849 |
| Subjects: | Cayuse Guerres, Cayuse Indians Wars, Frontier and pioneer life, Frontier and pioneer life West (U.S.), Fur trade, Fur trade West (U.S.), Indians of North America, Indians of North America Northwest, Pacific, Missouri (Rivière) Descriptions et voyages, Missouri River, Missouri River Description and travel, Newell, Robert, 1807-1869, Nord-Ouest, Cô |
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