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F. X. Matthieu - Willamette ValleyHow Oregon's Provisional Government was formed. |
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...the Americans. Dr. McLoughlin would only let a few Indians come in at a time. He was never easy-going--he was always absolutely just. He would keep his word to the very letter and the Indians must also keep theirs. Dr. McLoughlin's son said, "What do you want?" I said, "I must have a coat, a pair of shoes...
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...and a pair of socks." As you see, I am not a big man. The coats were all too big for me. I wear a No. 8 shoe, but all of their middling sized shoes were sold. They had some sixes and the next size was No. 12. Young McLoughlin said, "I am sorry, but we cannot fit you in shoes." I answered, "I am barefoot, I will wear the big shoes somehow." In those days for winter wear, they sold a heavy woolen, Hudson's Bay stocking, very thick. These socks came up as high as your knees. The custom of the country was when you wore a hole in the toe, you cut off the end of the sock and sewed it up. As the sock wore out you kept cutting it off and sewing it up till finally, it came no higher than your ankles. That pair of socks lasted me a year and when I was through with them they only came to the top of my shoes. The Americans held several meetings to see about organizing a government. Ewing Young had died in Chehalem valley and left his horses and cattle and other property. The settlers didn't know what to do about it. They called a meeting, at which they were going to discuss giving a bounty for... The Story of F.X. Matthieu - Start Page Excerpted from Oregon Folks by Fred Lockley (1927) Knickerbocker Press, New York Find it on your
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