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Featured Books
Uncertain Encounters: Indians and Whites at Peace and War in Southern Oregon, 1820s-1860s by Nathan Douthit
This study offers a complex view of
Indian-white relations. Rather than focus on well-documented incidents of conflict and federal Indian
policy, Douthit directs attention
to peaceful interactions as well. He shows that in the years
leading up to the Rogue River War, Indians and whites interacted
with uncertainty, alternating between acts of friendship and
hostility. "Uncertain Encounters" begins with an investigation
of the Hudson's Bay Company's fur-trade relations with southern
Oregon Indians. It turns to exploration of the region by white
Americans and to early encounters between Indians and white
miners and settlers. It reexamines the Rogue River War,
providing the first detailed picture of the war's impact on the Indian population. Finally, it describes
the removal of Indians to the Siletz and Grand Ronde
reservations as told in Indian oral
narratives as well as white accounts. As a major aspect of the
story, Douthit highlights the development of a little-known
middle ground of relationships between Indian women and white
men.
The Rogue River Indian War and Its Aftermath, 1850-1980
by E. A. Schwartz
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