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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Militia, United States (search)
tional Guard of New Jersey 43 130 140 3,397 5,127 390,000 174,000 New Mexico National Guard of New Mexico 3 115 11 2741,128 40,000 31,325 New York National Guard State of New York 69 343 370 13,448 18,000 950,000 575,000 North Carolina North Carolina National Guard 1723 1,618 5,000 250,000 6,000 North Dakota North Dakota National Guard 9 51 56 557 933 37,000 11,000 Ohio Ohio National Guard 21 49 200 4,171 9,486 650,000 191,000 OklahomaOklahoma National Guard5 498 2,164 62,000 None. Oregon Oregon National Guard 7 47 74 925 1,585 62,000 30,000 Pennsylvania National Guard Pennsylvania178 240 284 9,334 11,103900,000 350,000 Porto Rico Porto Rico Battalion 6001,000170,000 Unknown. Rhode Island Brigade of Rhode Island Militia 19 111 98 786 1,030 69,00037,500 Samoa Samoan Volunteers 68 400 Unknown. South Carolina South Carolina Volunteer State Troops. 9 865 96 2,058 5,000 110,000 8,000 South Dakota South Dakota National Guard 3 46 52 1,000 53,000 6,700 Tennessee Nationa
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Miller, Cincinnatus Heine 1841- (search)
Miller, Cincinnatus Heine 1841- (better known as Joaquin Miller), author; born in Wabash district, Ind., Nov. 10, 1841; went with his parents to Oregon in 1850; subsequently engaged in mining in California, and studied law. In 1863 he edited the Democratic register, in Eugene, Ore., a weekly paper which was accused of disloyalty and suppressed; in 1863-66 practised law in Canton City, Ore.; and in 1866-70 was judge of Grant county, Ore. Later he went to London, where he published his first book of poems. Returning to the United States he spent several years in newspaper work in Washington. Since 1887 he has resided in Oakland, Cal. In 1897-98 he was correspondent for the New York Journal in the Klondike. His publications include Songs of the Sierras; Songs of the Sunland; The ship of the Desert; Life among the Modocs; The one fair woman; Shadows of Shasta; Songs of far-away lands; 1849, or the gold-seekers of the Sierras; The life of Christ, etc. He has also written plays, i
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Modoc Indians, (search)
by the government and harassed by the Klamaths, who were anciently their enemies, and some went to another reservation. Unfortunately some Klamaths were put with them, and trouble continued, when two Modoc bands left the reservation. A clan known as Captain Jack's band were uneasy and turbulent. Their tribe complained of them, and in the spring of 1872 they were ordered back to the Klamath reservation. They refused to go, and late in November (1872) United States troops and citizens of Oregon attacked their two camps on opposite sides of a river. The people were repulsed with loss, and the united Modocs, retreating, massacred some white settlers on the way, and took refuge in the Lava Beds, a volcanic region difficult for a foe to enter if moderately defended. In June, 1873, General Wheaton attempted to drive the Modocs from their stronghold, but could not penetrate within 3 miles of them, after the loss of several men. General Gillem made an equally unsuccessful attempt to dis
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Mormons, (search)
e site of a city upon a great prairie, on the bank of the Missouri River, where the Omahas dwelt. There more than 700 houses were built, a tabernacle was raised, mills and workshops were constructed, and a newspaper, The frontier guardian, was established. The city was called Kane, in honor of Colonel Kane (brother of the Arctic explorer), who gave them much aid in their exodus. During the summer and early autumn bountiful harvests were gathered. From Kane they sent out missionaries to Oregon and California, and even to the Sandwich Islands, while others went forward deeper into the wilderness to spy out a promised land for an everlasting habitation. They chose the Great Salt Lake Valley, enclosed within lofty and rugged mountains, fertile, isolated, and healthful; and thitherward, in the early summer of 1847, a chosen band of 143 men, accompanied by their wives and children and the members of the high council, with seventy wagons drawn by horses, proceeded as pioneers to take
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Mudge, Zachariah Atwell 1813- (search)
Mudge, Zachariah Atwell 1813- Author; born in Orrington, Me., July 2, 1813; educated at the Wesleyan University. In 1840 he became a Methodist clergyman, and held charges in various places in Massachusetts for over forty-five year. His publications include Sketches of mission life among the Indians of Oregon; Witch Hill, a history of Salem witchcraft; Arctic heroes; North-Pole voyages; History of Suffolk county, Mass., etc.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Naval militia, (search)
om. W. Fitzgerald; Georgia, Com. F. D. Aiken; Illinois, Capt. Albert A. Michelson; Louisiana, Com. J. W. Bostick; Maryland, Com. I. E. Emerson; Maine, Lieut. H. M. Bigelow; Massachusetts, Capt. W. E. McKay; Michigan, Com. G. Wilkes; New Jersey, Battalion of the East, Com. W. Irving; Battalion of the West, Com. J. B. Potter; New York, Capt. J. W. Miller; North Carolina, Com. F. M. Morse; Ohio, Lieut.-Com. W. G. Welbon, commanding 1st Battalion, Lieut.-Com. W. E. Wirt, commanding 2d Battalion; Oregon, Lieut.-Com. R. E. Davis; Pennsylvania, Capt. J. S. United States naval Academy, Annapolis, Md.—officers' row. Muckle; Rhode Island, Com. W. M. Little; South Carolina, Com. R. H. Pinckney; Virginia, Com. H. L. Cannon. The total enlisted force of petty officers and men on Jan. 1, 1900, was 5,309. The Navy Department transacts all its business with the naval militia through the governors and the adjutants-general of the States. The officer representing the Navy Department at Washington h
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Navy of the United States (search)
sion: S., screw; T. S., twin screw; Tr.S., triple screw; P., paddle.) First rate Name.Displacement (Tons).Type.Hull.Indicated Horse-Power.Propulsion.Guns (Main Battery） Alabama11,565First-class battle-shipS.11,366T. S.18 Kearsarge11,525First-class battle-shipS.11,954T. S.22 Kentucky11,525First-class battle-shipS.12,318T. S.22 Iowa11,340First-class battle-shipS.12,105T. S.18 Indiana10,288First-class battle-shipS.9,738T. S.16 Massachusetts10,288First-class battle-shipS.10,403T. S.16 Oregon10,288First-class battle-shipS.11,111T. S.16 Brooklyn9,215Armored cruiserS.18,769T. S.20 New York8,200Armored cruiserS.17,401T. S.18 Columbia7,375Protected cruiserS.18,509Tr.S.11 Minneapolis7,375Protected cruiserS.20,862Tr.S.11 Texas6,315Second class battle-shipS.8,610T. S.8 Puritan6,060Double-turretS.3,700T. S.10 Olympia5,870Protected cruiserS.17,313T. S.14 Chicago5,000Protected cruiserS.9,000T. S.18 Second rate Buffalo6,888Cruiser (converted)S.3,600S.6 Dixie6,145Cruiser (conver
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Nez Perce Indians, (search)
suspended in 1847, after the murder of the Rev. Mr Whitman by a band of another tribe of Sahaptins. In the Indian war in Oregon, in 1855, the Nez Perces were friends of the white people, and saved the lives of Governor Stevens and others. A treaty laid claim to the boundaries as established by the treaty of 1855, more especially to that country west of Snake River in Oregon and the Wallowa Valley. These Indians had never made their homes in this valley, although they contended that it was theed it to them in his executive order of June 16, 1873, but on June 10, 1875, this order was revoked, and all that part of Oregon west of the Snake River, embracing the Wallowa Valley, was restored to the public domain. General Howard in his work, Neernment of the United States agents. To return to the revocation, it is not wholly clear who, besides Governor Davis, of Oregon, was responsible for it. However, in the early part of 1877 the United States decided to have Chief Joseph and his follow
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Nordhoff, Charles 1830- (search)
1835; received a common school education in Cincinnati, and was apprenticed to a printer, but soon afterwards shipped in the navy, and made a voyage around the world. He remained on the sea—in the naval, merchant, and whaling service—about eleven years, when he found employment, first in a newspaper office in Philadelphia, and afterwards in Indianapolis. From 1857 to 1861 he was in the editorial employment of Harper & Brothers, and from 1861 to 1871 was connected with the New York Evening post, and from 1872-87 was editor of the Herald, New York. He afterwards visited California and the Sandwich Islands, and published several books, including Man-ofWar life; The merchant vessel; Whaling and fishing; Secession is rebellion; Freedom of the South Carolina Islands; The cotton States; California for health, pleasure, and residence; Oregon and the Sandwich Islands; Communistic societies of the United States; Politics for young Americans, etc. He died in San Francisco, Cal., July 14, 1
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), State of Oregon, (search)
essel of a civilized nation, State seal of Oregon. for the first time, into the mouth of a riverected by the British, who claimed the whole of Oregon. The President then directed the proposition Columbia River, discovered by Captain Gray. Oregon Indians. overland, began, and in 1850 many thousands had reached Oregon; but very soon many of the settlers were drawn to California by the gold Under this law 8,000 claims were registered in Oregon. Settlers in Oregon and in Washington TerritoOregon and in Washington Territory, in 1855, suffered much from Indians, who went in bands to murder and plunder the white people. hington Territory was organized, and took from Oregon all its domain north of the Columbia River. I7 a convention framed a State constitution for Oregon, which was ratified, in November of that year, by the people. By the act of Feb. 14, 1859, Oregon was admitted into the Union as a State, with itresent limits. Many Indian wars have troubled Oregon, the last one of importance being the Modoc Wa
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