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Election of Army Officers by the Legislature—Appointment by the Governor of a Peace Commission—Its Object—The Sale of Firearms to the Indians Prohibited—Attitude of the Settlers Towards the Indians—Feeling Towards the Hudson's Bay Company—Complaint Against Ogden—Attitude of The Dalles Indians—Fort Gilliam—First Skirmish With the Enemy—Condition of Public Sentiment—Colonel Gilliam's Hostility to the Fur Company—Letter of James Douglas—Reply of Governor Abernethy—Departure for the Seat of War—General Orders—The Commissary-General and Peace Commissioner at Fort Gilliam—Arrival at The Dalles—Gilliam Displeased—Orders the Army Forward—The Cayuses Attack, and Oppose the Crossing of the Umatilla—Arrival at Waiilatpu—Avoidance of the Indians by the Commander—Departure of Meek's Party for Washington—A Council Held With the Indians—Battle of the Touchet—Death of Gilliam—Promotion of Lee to the Command of the Army . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Abernethy's Letter to Gilliam—Condition of the Army—Appeal of Maxon—Efforts of the Women of Oregon City—Compact of Fifteen Young Ladies—The Governor's Proclamation—Lee's Appeal—More Companies Raised—Difficulty of Sending Men to the Front Without Money—Applegate's Letter to Palmer—Letter to Lee—Affairs at The Dalles—En Route to Fort Waters—Condition of Commissary Stores—Indians More Friendly—Lee Finds the Regiment Improved, and Resigns His Commission—Accepts Another—Instructions of the Governor to the Superintendent of Indian Affairs—Overtures of the Yakimas and Other Tribes—Lee's Charge to Them—Fruitless Pursuit of the Cayuses—Agreement With the Nez Perces—Offer of a Reward for the Capture of the Cayuses—Results of the Campaign—Cayuse Lands Confiscated—Withdrawal of Army—Forts Waters and Lee Held Until September—Army Discharged—Lee's Resignation and Explanation—Suspected Priests—Fourth of July at Fort Waters—Raids in the Wallamet Valley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Correspondence of Abernethy with United States Officers and Others Concerning the Condition of Oregon—Letters to Shubrick—Letter of Governor Mason to Abernethy—Abernethy to Mason—Ogden to Abernethy, One and Two—Abernethy to Ogden—Abernethy to Hardie—Reply of Hardie—Abernethy to President Polk—Appointment of Pickett Indian Agent—United States Commissioner at Hawaii Receives a Letter—Munitions of War Arrive After Peace is Restored—Gold Discovered—Messenger Meek Reaches Washington, and the Territorial Act is Passed—Lane Appointed Governor and Meek Marshal—Indian Trouble on the Sound—Arrival of the Massachusetts with Two Artillery Companies—Sub-Indian Agent Services of Dr. Tolmie—The Mounted Rifle Regiment—Desertion of Men—Surrender, Trial, and Execution of the Murderers—Faithful Discharge of Duty by the Regimental and Accounting Officers of the Provisional Government—Reports of the Loan Commissioners, Adjutant-General, and Commissary and Quartermaster-General—Settlement of the Cyuse War Debt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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