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skirmished through thick forest while Lane personally brought reserves forward. When he arrived on the field Lane found Alden severely wounded and continued the attack himself. The soldiers came as close as 30 yards to the warriors camp when Lane too was wounded. The battle lines held for another 3 hours until a message was delivered that the Natives wanted to cease fire and make peace. Even though Lane's other battalion arrived on the field, Colonel Ross was urged not to renew the fighting.
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Four days into the expedition, Alden's battalion encountered the warriors' camp. Alden proceeded dismounted with Goodall's company while Rhodes' company made a flanking maneuver to the left. The warriors were well supplied and their camp sufficiently guarded with log breastworks. Goodall's company
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and further volunteers from Oregon Territory. Before Alden could mount an effective offensive, Chief Toquahear ("Chief Sam") forced a small detachment of California volunteers to retreat and inflicting 8 casualties. In Jacksonville, Oregon Alden met up with two more companies of Oregon volunteers
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Lane concealed his wounded shoulder and entered the warriors' camp and spoke with Chief Jo. He was surprised to see the warriors well armed and supplied but was informed the chiefs were tired of war. The chiefs agreed to meet again several days later at Table Rock where they signed the Treaty of
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had been raiding settlements in Southwest Oregon causing settlers to retaliate occasionally targeting innocent tribes. When several tribes grew tired of the retaliations they joined together under
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and Alden, now using a ceremonious title of "Colonel". Lane would accompany Aldon's battalion (composed of two Oregon companies under Jacob Rhodes and James P. Goodall) toward
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took place in Southwest Oregon in 1853. The U.S. victory brought about a short-lived peace in the
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to rendezvous with Colonel Ross at a designated point on
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Index

Indian Wars
Rogue River Wars
West Branch Evans Creek
Shady Cove, Oregon
Joseph Lane
Tututni
Rogue River Indians
Rogue River Valley
Rogue River Indians
Apserkahar
Fort Jones, California
Yreka, California
Joseph Lane
John E. Ross
Table Rock
Evans Creek



Encyclopedia of Indian Wars: Western Battles and Skirmishes, 1850–1890
ISBN
978-0-87842-468-9
Egan Station newsletter
Cullum's Register
Lane's Report
Rogue River Indian War
Lane's Report
Categories
Battles involving Native Americans
Wars involving the indigenous peoples of North America in Oregon

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