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Salem Pioneer Cemetery ~ Margaret Hutchins
~ part of the Marion County Pioneer Cemeteries of Oregon
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Margaret Hutchins
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| LAST NAME: Hutchins
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FIRST NAME: Margaret
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DIED: 4 May 1890
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BURIED: 5 May 1890
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| ETHNICITY: Native American - Molalla Tribe
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| DEATH PLACE: Salem, Marion Co., Oregon
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DISENTERRED.
IOOF Register of Burials: "Indian Woman", County lot 291, d. heart disease, disinterred May 8, 1890.
[no mention is made of the burial place she was moved to]
Name of father Kooata, chief of the Molalla tribe.
BIOGRAPHICAL:
Sketch of Joe Hutchin's Wife
By Hon. John Minto
The Indian Woman, Margaret Hutchins, who died near the railroad depot May 4th, was the daughter of Kooata, chief of the Molalla tribe, whose lands lay along the wester slope of the Cascade range, from the mouth of the Clackamas below Oregon City to the Calapooia mountains above Eugene City. She joined her husband, the late Joseph Hutchins, (who was lineal chief of the Calapooia, and as such claimed the valley lands on the east side from the mouth of the Molalla river to the fork of the Willamette near Eugene) and signed the treaty of session of the Indian title to both tracts of country.
She was in her father's camp as a girl when the affair called the "battle of the Abiqua" occurred, and testified relative to some of the incidents. "The Indian who wore a red blanket, whom al the whites supposed dropped dead from the 'foot log' and floated down the river, was not killed;" that he came into her father's camp in the night and finally got well of his wound, as did one of the women who were wounded in the final fight. The Indians of that day are all gone. Margaret was the last. She leaves two daughters, one married and the other at the school of Chemawa. Of whites who were at the affair of the Abiqua mentioned, we still have Father Churchill at the crash of whose rifle Red Blanket dropped, supposed dead, from the log. Genial Uncle Lewis Pettyjohn, Jacob Caplinger and W. J. Herren, all frequently seen in Salem, and R. C. Green, of Waldo hills are still to the fore, but the ranks are growing thin.
Evening Capital. Journal 6 May 1890, 2:2
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DEATH CERTIFICATE:
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OBITUARY:
LONE INDIAN DEAD
This morning about seven o'clock there died of a fever in a tent among the little trees between the woolen mill and the Southern Pacific depot, Margaret Hutchins, squaw wife of the celebrated old Santiam chief, Joe Hutchins, known favorably to all old settlers of the valley. There was no one to care for her in her illness except lame Ben, the Indian whose cabin stands near by and he did what he could, which was little. She was taken ill Friday and tossed and tumbled upon her rude shake-down in the agony of fever until she passed away this morning. Ben became alarmed and reported the matter at the depot, wishing assistance for the care and removal of the body. A daughter of the deceased, Sally Hutchins, is a pupil at the Chemawa Indian training school near this city, to whom word was sent immediately. The old woman had been residing at Grand Ronde reservation and came over to be near enough to visit her daughter occasionally. She was a member of the Molalla tribe. Her husband, old Joe, was a noted character in the history of Oregon and was a great friend of the whites. Under instructions from County Judge Shaw, the remains were taken in charge by Undertaker Rhotan and will be properly buried this afternoon. The weather being so warm it was deemed unwise to await the arrival of U.S. authorities from Grand Ronde. An interesting historical sketch of the deceased will be printed tomorrow.
Evening Capital Journal 5 May 1890, 2:1
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SOURCES:
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IOOF Register of Burials
ECJ 5 May 1890, 2:1
ECJ 6 May 1890, 2:2
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| LOT: 291
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LONGITUDE: N 44° 55.181'
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LATITUDE: W 123° 02.727'
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