Wars involving the indigenous peoples of North America in Oregon

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Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 77. Chapters: Cayuse War, Modoc War, Nez Perce War, Chief Joseph, 1st Cavalry Regiment, 7th Cavalry Regiment, Gustavus Cheyney Doane, Cow Creek, Oliver O. Howard, Edward Canby, Napoleon J.T. Dana, John Gibbon, Joel Palmer, Cow Island, Missouri Breaks, Eastern Montana, Nelson A. Miles, Frank Wheaton, Franklin B. Sprague, Lindsay Applegate, Whitman massacre, Marcus Whitman, Charles Erskine Scott Wood, Oliver Cromwell Applegate, Thomas R. Cornelius, Narcissa Whitman, Jefferson C. Davis, Henry A. G. Lee, Samuel D. Sturgis, Kintpuash, Wallowa River, Benjamin Franklin Burch, Edmond Butler, Alvan Cullem Gillem, Cornelius Gilliam, Big Hole National Battlefield, William Waldo, Fort Dalles, Toby Riddle, Stephen F. Chadwick, Daniel Waldo, Bannock War, John Green, Chief White Bird, Rogue River Wars, Elijah Steele, Curley Headed Doctor, Whitman Mission National Historic Site, Samuel Colver, Francis Fletcher, Captain Jack's Stronghold, Alfred B. Meacham, Scarface Charley, Nez Perce National Historical Park, Boston Charley, Chief Looking Glass, Klamath and Salmon Indian Wars, Shacknasty Jim, Hooker Jim, Canby's Cross. Excerpt: The 1st Cavalry Regiment is a unit in the United States Army which has its antecedents in the early 19th Century in the formation of the United States Regiment of Dragoons. To this day, the unit's Special Designation is "First Regiment of Dragoons". The "United States Regiment of Dragoons" was organized by an Act of Congress approved 2 March 1833. It became the "First Regiment of Dragoons" when the Second Dragoons were raised in 1836. With the outbreak of the Civil War and the War Department's desire to redesignate and reorganize its mounted units, its designation was changed to "First Regiment of Cavalry" by another Act of Congress on 3 August 1861. Its Headquarters were initially established at Jefferson Barracks, near St. Louis, Missouri. In the spring of 1855 two new regiments of cavalry, the First and Second Cavalry were authorized. One of these was named "The First Cavalry Regiment", under the command of Lt. Col. Edwin Vose Sumner, the first regular American military unit to bear that name. Sumner was previously with the First Dragoons. The regiment was initially organized as: The first order announcing appointments in the regiment was dated 5 March 1833, and gave the names of the colonel, lieutenant-colonel, major, four captains and four lieutenants, stating that the organization of the regiment would be perfected by the selection of officers from the "Battalion of Rangers." In June 1834, the regiment filled its complement of officers, many of whom later became noted Civil War generals: In October 1833, the five companies first organized were sent under Colonel Dodge to winter in the vicinity of Fort Gibson, Arkansas Territory, where they remained until June 1834. Then, the regiment was sent on the Pawnee Expedition, during which, although it ended in September, a full one-fourth of the officers and men died of fever. For the winter, Headquarters with Companies A, C, D and G, were sent to Fort Leavenworth, Companies B, H and I, Colonel Kearny, commanding, into