Recruiting Call for the First Oregon Cavalry
A recruitment notice seeking men to fight on the frontier, specifically targeting the Snake Indians.
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100 Volunteers Wanted for the First Regiment of Oregon Cavalry, to serve three years unless sooner discharged. 100 Dollars Bounty. The Governor of Oregon, in his proclamation calling for these volunteers, says that they will be needed the coming spring on the frontiers of this State and Washington Territory, and for an expedition against the Snake Indians who have so long been mercilessly engaged in robbing immigrants and murdering our fellow citizens. Recruiting officer: Francis Henry, Office in Olympia with Wells, Fargo & Co.
“They will be needed the coming spring on the frontiers of this State and Washington Territory, and for an expedition against the Snake Indians.”
This notice illustrates the intersection of Civil War-era military needs and the ongoing, violent process of settler-colonial expansion into Indigenous lands in the Pacific Northwest.
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