Lower Chinook, Kathlamet, Tillamook, and Clatsop Indians, Alive in 1906
Post-office address of the Lower Chinook, Kathlamet, Tillamook, and Clatsop Indians (and their heirs) who made treaties with the United States in August 1851.
Altoona Washington
Statement No. 8a – Alexander Pellard, Jr. of Altoona
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. 8a from Alexander Pellard, Jr. of Altoona, 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, Pellard’s sworn testimony records his age, and confirms that the information provided by his sister Adeline (Pellard) James was true in all respects.