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.