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Charles Stewart Drew (April 2, 1825 – after 1869), also known as C.S. Drew, was a representative in the legislature of the Oregon Territory of the United States and quartermaster general of the territorial militia in the 1850s. During the American Civil War, he was a Union Army officer, serving in the 1st Oregon Cavalry regiment. He eventually reached the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. In 1864, he led an Army reconnaissance party into southeastern Oregon. The expedition, known as the Owyhee Reconnaissance, traveled through uncharted country from Fort Klamath to Fort Boise and back. Drew was the author of two historically important military reports; one documented Indian attacks on American settlers in the Oregon Territory and the other was his report of the Owyhee Reconnaissance. == Early life == Drew was born on April 2, 1825 in Bolton, Brome, Quebec, Canada. He emigrated to Oregon in the early 1850s, settling in the Rogue River Valley.〔Introduction to the ("Official Report of the Owyhee Reconnaissance Made by Lieut. Colonel C. S. Drew, 1st Oregon Cavalry, in the Summer of 1864" ), ''Ethnohistory'' (Vol. 2, No. 2), American Society for Ethnohistory, Duke University Press, Durham, North Carolina, 1955, pp. 146–182.〕 By 1853, Drew was selling supplies to the Rogue River Indian people.〔Nesmith, James W., (Official letter from James W. Nesmith ) (Superintendent Indian Affairs O.T.W.T.) to J. W. Denver (Commissioner of Indian Affairs), September 24, 1857; United States Office of Indian Affairs, Letters Received by the Office of Indian Affairs, 1824–1880, National Archives Microcopy 234, Roll 610, NADP Document D52.〕 Drew became a leader in the movement to join southern Oregon and northern California to create a new territory. In January 1854, a meeting was held in Jacksonville, Oregon to discuss forming a new territory. Attendees elected Drew as one of two secretaries to record the proceedings. At the meeting, letters to the United States Congress and the Oregon and California legislatures were drafted. The proceedings of the convention were published in leading west coast newspapers, but the project received no encouragement from legislators and interest in the idea waned.〔〔Bancroft, Hubert Howe, (''History of Oregon'' (Volume II: 1848–1888) ), The History Company, San Francisco, California, 1888, pp. 254–255 (including footnote on P. 255).〕 In April 1854, Drew was appointed quartermaster general of the territorial militia by Oregon’s Democratic governor, John W. Davis.〔Bancroft, Hubert Howe, (''History of Oregon'' (Volume II: 1848–1888) ), The History Company, San Francisco, California, 1888, pp. 324–325.〕〔Schwartz, E. A., (''Rogue River Indian War and its aftermath, 1850–1880'' ), University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, Oklahoma, 1997, pp. 75–78.〕 Later that year, the voters of Jackson County elected Drew as their representative in the territorial legislature. He served in the Oregon House from December 4, 1854 until February 1, 1855.〔(Territorial Government Legislators and Staff, 1854 Regular Session (6th Territorial): December 4, 1854 – February 1, 1855 ), ''Oregon Blue Book'', Oregon State Archives Division, Office of the Oregon Secretary of State, Salem, Oregon, 2011.〕 However, Drew left the Democratic Party in 1855, becoming active in the Know-Nothing political movement. As a result, Governor George L. Curry removed Drew from the quartermaster general position.〔 In 1855, Drew was appointed adjutant for the southern Oregon militia volunteer companies under Colonel John E. Ross. Beginning that summer, the southern Oregon militia was expanded because of the tense relations between Rogue River tribes and local settlers. By October, when the Rogue River Indian war began, there were fifteen militia companies in the field. The local Indians kept the militia busy until June 1856, when the Indians surrendered and were sent to reservations.〔Bancroft, Hubert Howe, (''History of Oregon'' (Volume II: 1848–1888) ), The History Company, San Francisco, California, 1888, p. 279.〕〔(''Guide to the Cayuse, Yakima, and Rogue River Wars Papers 1847–1858'' ), "The Rogue River War", Northwest Digital Archives, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, 2010.〕 In 1860, Drew sent a report to the United States Congress that documented Indian attacks in the Oregon Territory. The report was titled ''Communication from C. S. Drew: late adjutant of the Second regiment of Oregon mounted volunteers, giving an account of the origin and early prosecution of the Indian war in Oregon''.〔36th Congress 1st Session – Senate – Mis. Doc. No. 59, Communication from C. S. Drew, Late Adjutant of the Second Regiment of Oregon Mounted Volunteers, giving an account of the origin and early prosecution of the Indian war in Oregon. Order to be printed May 2, 1860. Forty-eight pages, Washington, D.C.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Charles S. Drew」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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