Abstract

Oral history interview with Omar C. Palmer conducted by Terence O'Donnell on December 6, 1982, as part of research for O'Donnell's book "An Arrow in the Earth: General Joel Palmer and the Indians of Oregon." Omar C. Palmer was a descendant of Joel Palmer, superintendent of Indian Affairs for the Oregon Territory from 1853 to 1856.

Abstract Papers of William Wakeman Raymond (1815-1894) of Oregon, primarily relating to his role as an Indian agent. The papers include correspondence about the treatment of Native peoples and the possibility of Native people claiming land; claims that Clatsop Chief Tostou made against the United States for destroyed or confiscated property; and handwritten copies of three unratified 1851 treaties with Natives peoples. Raymond came to Oregon in 1840, and worked as a missionary, farmer, and Indian...