Meacham's CJ in Oregon 1870

[Aron Faegre]

David Robertson wrote:

> > p. 74 Meacham goes to the Siletz Reservation with U. S. Senator
> > Odeneal...Remain overnight at Elk Horn Hotel...took passage in small
> > row-boats...To-toot-na-Jack wins rowing contest...
>
> Not Chinook; Tututni (an Oregon Athabaskan tribe).

wonder if Meacham in 1869 knew Jack's background from 1856:

"... young Tootootnay Jack (young chief) caught Ben Wright by the hair, others
held him, and one cut his head off with an ax..."

"Between Indian and White Worlds on the Oregon-California Border, 1851-1857", by
Nathan Douthit, Oregon Historical Society Quarterly, Winter 1999, Vol. 100, No.
4, page 418.

Aron

p.s. Thanks Dave R. for providing the commentary on the notes from Meacham.