Category Archives: Fort Umpqua

Milhau’s Lower Umpqua wordlist, 1856

Posted on October 11, 2016 by

Above: Image of man at Fort Umpqua, 1850s In my previous post I wrote about Dr. John Milhau’s wordlist of Hanis that he made in the autumn of 1856 while stationed at Fort Umpqua. He also made a word list … Continue reading →

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Puzzles in the First Coosan Wordlist, 1856

Posted on October 7, 2016 by

In autumn of 1856, physician John J. Milhau was stationed at Fort Umpqua. At the time he was a young man of 28, and had been raised and educated in New York City. He wrote down word lists of what … Continue reading →

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150 year old photo

Posted on October 11, 2011 by

A couple of years ago, Robert Kentta sent me an email of a photo of an unidentified Native man taken approximately 150 years ago at the military Fort Umpqua. It is in an archive back east (most of the surviving … Continue reading →

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