John Owen's letterbook contains copies of his letters and documents relating to his work as a Flathead Indian agent, St. Mary's mission and Fort Owen, relations between the Indians and the Catholic missions and the white settlers, the Hudson's Bay Company, Indian wars, and Fort Owen.
Description:
Gift of William Robertson Coe., John Owen came to the northwest in 1849 with the Oregon Rifles and became their sutler at Cantonment Loring. In 1850 he settled as a trader in Bitter Root Valley and two years later he purchased St. Mary's Mission where he built Fort Owen. He served as a special agent to the Flathead Indians, from 1856 to 1862. After 1871, he lived in a hospital at Helena, Montana and later he went to live with relatives in Philadelphia., and Original bindings.
Subject (Name):
Hudson's Bay Company, Owen, John, 1818-1889, and United States. Army. Mounted Rifle Regiment
Subject (Topic):
Cantonment Loring (Ind.), Indian agents--Indiana, and Salish Indians
John Owen's account book for the Oregon Rifles contains pencil sketches of acquaintances.
Description:
Gift of William Robertson Coe., John Owen came to the northwest in 1849 with the Oregon Rifles and became their sutler at Cantonment Loring. In 1850 he settled as a trader in Bitter Root Valley and two years later he purchased St. Mary's Mission where he built Fort Owen. He served as a special agent to the Flathead Indians, from 1856 to 1862. After 1871, he lived in a hospital at Helena, Montana and later he went to live with relatives in Philadelphia., and Original bindings.
Subject (Name):
Hudson's Bay Company, Owen, John, 1818-1889, and United States. Army. Mounted Rifle Regiment
Subject (Topic):
Cantonment Loring (Ind.), Indian agents--Indiana, and Salish Indians
