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To facilitate his historical research, Relander purchased a microfilm reader and personally transcribed thousands of pages of source documents. This collection includes typescripts of notes from historical government documents, books and articles, newspaper clippings, memoirs, letters, journals, diaries, interviews, and field notes.
The source documents Relander selected to transcribe covers a wide range of topics and contains a great deal of material for the scholar of Pacific Northwest history.
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Item Indian war - Transcript (part 2).(UNKNOWN, 1839) Various"I have the honor to submit a detailed report of the operations of the troops under my command since leaving Fort Dalles, giving an account of the reception of the troops by the Indians in the Sim-qoo-ah Valley, and the causes which induced me to hasten back to this post. The Command marched from the north bank of the Columbia River on Wednesday the 3rd inst."Item US Bureau of Indian Affairs, Washington Superintendency, roll 20, 1840 - 1874.(UNPUBLISHED, 1840-09-24)"I have the honor to transmit herewith a map of the country between the Columbia River and Cascade mountains north of Lake Chelan."Item Report of the Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains in the year 1842 and to Oregon and North Califorinia, Washington - transcription.(UNKNOWN, 1845) Fremont, J. C., Brevet Captain"On the 8th we travelled about 26 miles, the ridge on the right having scattered pines on the upper parts; and continuing the next day our road along the river bottom, after a day's travel of 24 miles, we encamped in the evening on the right bank of the river, and a mile above the mouth and early the next morning arrived at Fort Boise."Item US Congress, Territorial Papers of the US Senate - Oregon, roll 13.(UNPUBLISHED, 1845) Various"Religion morality and knowledge being necessary to good government and the happiness of mankind, schools and the means of education shall for ever be encouraged. The utmost good faith shall always be observed towards the Indians, their lands and property shall never be taken from them without their consent, and in their property rights and liberty, they shall never be invaded or disturbed unless in just and lawful wars authorized by the representatives of the people."Item Journal 1846 - 1848 (duplicate).(UNPUBLISHED, 1846-09-27) Wilbur, James H."27 this day I recd a letter from Bishop Heading announcing that I had been appointed to the Oregon Mission to Oregon and was requested to be at New York on the 20 of Oct at which time a vessel was expected to sail for California and Oregon. Never before did I see the time when I needed so much wisdom as now."Item Letters from J. G. Archer 1847 - 1855.(UNPUBLISHED, 1847-05-05) Archer, J. G.Letters sent from City of Mexico, Toluca, Baltimore, Fort Monroe, and Rock Run.Item Letters from J. G. Archer 1847 - 1855 (duplicates).(UNPUBLISHED, 1847-05-05) Archer, J. G.Letters from Baltimore, City of Mexico, Toluca, and Fort Monroe, VA.Item Miscellaneous scanned typescripts, 1848 - 1873.(UNPUBLISHED, 1848) Various"Indian council 'through lawful chief, Kaskillah, asks for doctor because of diseases brought in by emigrants and 'loathsome diseases brought amongst us by soldiers and salors called venerial."Item Journal of James H. Wilbur, Sept. 1846 to Jan. 1848.(UNPUBLISHED, 1848) Wilbur, James H.; Relander, ClickRev. James Harvey Wilbur was Methodist missionary who arrived in Oregon in 1847 after a nine-month sea journey from New York with his wife Lucretia Ann Stevens, daughter Elizabeth. He describes his travels in great detail in this journal, which Click Relander transcribed in 1953 from microfilm held by the Oregon State Archives, located in Salem, OR.Item US Bureau of Indian Affairs, Oregon Superintendency, roll 12, (duplicates).(UNPUBLISHED, 1848-08-03) Medill, W.; Tolmie, Wm. F.; Takahooatis, Richard; McBean, William W.; Tucker, Major; Lea, L.; Spalding, H. H.; Royce, A. F.; Hathaway, S.; Skinner, A. A."In preparing the returns for more hunters or roving bands who are without cattle or agriculture, such as the tribes of the Columbia Valley are represented to be, a number of the columns of items will appear superfluious."Item US Bureau of Indian Affairs, Oregon Superintendency, roll 12, 1848 - 1850.(UNPUBLISHED, 1848-08-03) Medill, W.; Blanchet, L. N.; Tolmie, Wm. F.; Bird, Yellow; Odgen, Peter Skene; Takahooatis, Richard; McBean, William W.; Tucker, Major; Lea, L.; Long, Commander"But such a scrutiny was necessary in order to judge of the advances of civilization of the most forward tribes as the Cherokees, Choctaws, Chickasaws, etc."Item Isaac A. Flint - diary - Transcript.(UNKNOWN, 1849) Various"On board Bark 'Keoka' ' getting ready for sea. Passengers have been coming on board all day. All the berths in the cabin are taken. Now I will study the character of some of them. Here are some Frenchmen one of them has a very sour countenance more gloomy than any storm I wish to meet on the way to the Columbia. I'll notice that young man with the small narrow forehead keen black eyes and slightly roman nose. There is one man who has fallen under the suspicion of dishonest, his countenance is rather fallen. The conversation is on potatoes."Item Campbell family correspondence - Transcript.(UNKNOWN, 1849) Various"The following letters are copies of those written by our grandfather, David Lee Campbell, to his father David McCord Campbell, residing at Clayton, Adams county, Illinois at the time David Lee and his brother James came West and settled at San Jose California during the Gold Rush days. These letters are all dated in the early 1850s. A few of the letters are written by James Campbell, and a few by another James Campbell, brother of David McCord Campbell, who had settled in Salem, Marion county, Oregon Territory."Item US 30th Congress, 1st session - House Report number 502.(UNPUBLISHED, 1849-04-26) Various"The facts and proofs in regard to the discovery of the Columbia river by her said husband are fully stated in the report No. 456 made by the committee on revolutionary pensions during the first session of the 29th congress 27th March, 1846 which is hereunto annexed. The bill accompanying the same never became a law."Item Letter from Father Ricard, founder of the Yakima Mission, to J.B. Brouillet, Vicar General of Walla Walla.(Unpublished, 1849-07-30) Ricard, PascalA newsy letter between friends about the events and living conditions. The gold rush has created inflation and hardship.Item Campbell family correspondence - Transcript (part 3).(UNKNOWN, 1850) Various"The emigration is very large this year and the greater part go to the mines. That branch is entirely over done, so much so that those there cannot get room to work proffitably. There are hundreds of thousands in the mines from all nations under heaven that ever heard of California. The gold taken out in the aggregate will be this year immense, perhaps one hundred millions of dollars but there is so many at the business that the share of each will be small after the expenses are paid and I think that gold digging at this time is the poorest business done in California. Farming is now the best business in California for years to come and perhaps forever."Item Campbell family correspondence - Transcript (part 2).(UNKNOWN, 1850) Various"As for my part, I am as Stout as a horse and as fat as a bear. We have got along very well, better than I expected; except we got our oxen poisoned 3 days ago but it hurt none of them but broad he is drupy but getting better. We are onl Sweete water River; past the devels hole last Monday morning. We are most in Origan, Pervisions are verry Scarce a long the road but we have plenty. Old Ball and lion stands it very well. The cows look verry well and give about Six quarts of milk a day, we have not used the milk for a week and won't for a few days yet."Item US Bureau of Indian Affairs, Washington Superintendency, roll 23, 1850 - 1854.(UNPUBLISHED, 1850-03-30) Peekham, R. W."Application for license to Gov. Isaac I Stevens of Washington Territory to trade with the Flathead and Pend d'Orille Indians in the St Mary's Valley and the Coeur d'Alene and Spokane Indians on Spokane River hereby makes application to you for a license to trade with the tribes aforesaid."Item Miscellaneous letter excerpts 1850 - 1859.(UNPUBLISHED, 1850-06-05) Various"Ow_whi is at Kittitash plain as near as I am able to learn. He has with him about 200 of his people. He cannot be considered friendly. He has visited Fort Simcoe but once since the troops have been stationed there which was about the 1st of February. He promised to come back again soon but nothing has been seen of him since..."Item US Bureau of Indian Affairs, Oregon Superintendency, roll 11, 1850 - 1851.(UNPUBLISHED, 1850-07-12) Wampole, Elias; Dart, Anson"An agency house is now in a forward state of erection at that point, the plan and contract for which was given out long before you arrived in the country. Three copies of the treaty with the Indians on this subject (giving the site for building etc) are in the hands of three chiefs of the Cayuse tribe."