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Letter from the Acting Secretary of Interior on Survey of the Klamath Indian Reservation in Oregon. 53rd Congress 3rd Session, 1894

 File — Folder: 8

Content Description

From the Collection:

There is within these papers a Klamath Indian Allotment Census for the Klamath Tribes and a register of persons living in the Yainax Agency area. Yainax means "little hill" in Klamath and Modoc traditional languages. Yainax Butte is a mountain south of the Klamath Reservation. The collection contains the township and range system working grids and plat maps of the Klamath Indian Allotment from 1894-1896 and plat surveys dated in the middle of the 1860s. The census provides the English name adopted by the Native American signing for the land allotment and family relationships. Charles Worden received orders to discontinue his work on this reservation on October 31, 1896 because the remaining swamplands were not subject to allotment. Allotments received some revisions by John K. Rankin. Multiple agents made township and range identifications. This collection includes working papers, notebooks, reports, and an abstract of title for several lots in Linkville established 1867, later named Klamath Falls in 1893.

Dates

  • Creation: 1894

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Extent

From the Collection: 2.50 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Repository Details

Part of the Oregon Institute of Technology Libraries, Shaw Historical Library Repository

Contact:
3201 Campus Drive
Klamath Falls OR 97603 United States
5418851965