Biography of Joseph Lane
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Biography of Joseph Lane
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Publication Information:
Washington : Printed at the Congressional Globe Office, 1852.
Physical Description:
40 pages ; 25 cm
General Note:
"To the delegates to the National Convention of the Democratic Party ... the following brief biography of Joseph Lane ... is respectfully dedicated": p. [5].
Abstract:
Contains an account of Lane's trip across the Plains from Fort Leavenworth to Oregon in the winter of 1848, discusses his work in the establishment of the Territorial government, his journey with Newell and an interpreter into Cayuse country, the arrest and trial of the Whitman murderers, and the treaties made and councils held with various Northwest Indian tribes.
Local Note:
"Although the name of the author, who called himself 'Western', was carefully concealed at the time . . . there can be little doubt that it was Robert Dale Owen." Leopold. Robert Dale Owen, p. 295-6. (Note from OSL shelf list card.)
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