This document is a communication from the acting commissioner of Indian Affairs, detailing the rolls of certain Indian Tribes in Oregon and Washington in reference to an agreement from August 1851. It contains statement No. 7 from Dixie James of Bay Center, a member of the Lower Chinook Indians, provided to Charles E. McChesney, supervisor of Indian schools, in 1906. This statement is part of the McChesney Rolls, identifying and recognizing enrolled Chinook individuals separately from any reservations. Published as House Document No. 133, 59th Congress, 2nd Session, Dixie’s sworn testimony records his age, heritage, and familial connections, including his parentage.
Statement No. 7.
State of Washington, Pacific County, ss:
Dixie James, of Bay Center, Wash., being duly sworn, deposes and says he is about 48 years of age and that his mother was Wahmaskie, who was a Lower Chinook Indian, who died about thirty-five years ago, aged about 50 years, and she left surviving her as sole heir myself and my father, James Huckquist, now living at Bay Center, Wash., and that there are no other heirs of Wahmaskie.
Dixie James.
Sworn and subscribed before me at Bay Center, Wash., this 1st day of January, 1906.
Chas. E. McChesney, Supervisor of Indian Schools.
See also: Statement No. 1 – James Huckquist, of Bay Center
