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2 unusual facts about George Abernethy


Albert E. Wilson

George Abernethy helped to draft the petition, but Wilson was charged with copying the document so Abernathy’s name would not be attached to it for political reasons.

Henry A. G. Lee

In December 1847 when word of the attack reached the Willamette Valley, the Provisional Government and Gov. George Abernethy called for volunteers to fight against the Cayuse, with Lee volunteering and being selected as captain of a 50 man unit to be dispatched immediately to The Dalles.



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