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	Isaac Ingalls Stevens (1818-1862)
		Isaac Stevens descended from the earliest settlers of Andover in the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
		Stevens had formally declared the establishment of the Territory of Washington (by Congress in March 1853) as he crossed Cadotte's Pass in the Rocky Mountains on September 24, 1853, but he did not formally assume his office of governor until November 25.
		When Stevens returned in December 1854 with his wife (who was so despondent at seeing Olympia, she did not leave her house for two months) and children, he plunged into the organization of treaty councils.
	www.thelatinlibrary.com /chron/civilwarnotes/stevensi.html (1286 words)

	Isaac Stevens - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Isaac Ingalls Stevens (March 25, 1818 – September 1, 1862) was the first governor of Washington Territory, and served as a brigadier general in the Union Army during the American Civil War until his death at the Battle of Chantilly.
		Stevens was born and raised in Massachusetts, leaving his home state for the United States Military Academy at West Point in the late 1830s.
		Stevens was promoted to major general on July 4, 1862, serving under Major General John Pope in the Northern Virginia Campaign and the Second Battle of Bull Run.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Isaac_Stevens (596 words)

	The Treaty Trail: People of the Treaties
		Stevens earned a reputation for competence and the ability to handle a number of tasks at once, and also gained invaluable experience as a surveyor and engineer.
		Stevens saw the treaties as a middle ground or compromise between those who desired political and cultural equality with the Indians and those who preferred their annihilation.
		These tribes were under constant attack by the Blackfeet Indians, so Stevens promised that he would procure easement rights from the Blackfeet to allow the tribes to hunt on the plains east of the Rocky Mountains, and that he would stop the pillaging by that tribe.
	washingtonhistoryonline.org /treatytrail/context/bios/isaac-stevens.htm (1725 words)

	Stevens County
		It is named after statesman Isaac Ingalls Stevens, who had this county named for him seven years after a legislative clerical error denied him that honor in 1855 for Stearns County.
		This central governing authority is responsible for the plans and functions of all Stevens County Departments.
		The 2000 population of Stevens County was 10,053.
	www.co.stevens.mn.us (186 words)

	School
		Stevens is a learning community where students, teachers, parents, and community members teach, learn, and practice: freedom, respect, honesty, caring and responsibility.
		The I.I. Stevens school was founded at the turn of the 20th Century on the north slope of Seattle's Capitol Hill.
		Born in Massachusetts in 1818, Isaac Ingalls Stevens was the assistant in charge of the US Coast Survey Office in Washington before being appointed Washington's first territorial governor in 1853.
	www.seattleschools.org /schools/stevens/school.htm (258 words)

	Commodore Joel Abbot, Camp No. 21, Major General Isaac Ingalls Stevens Page
		Stevens, Isaac I., Major General, was born in Andover, Mass., in 1817.
		A graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, Stevens resigned from the U.S. Army in 1853 and served as governor of the Washington (state) Territory until 1857.
		Stevens’ son, Gen. Hazard Stevens, was twice injured at Ox Hill.
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	Prologue - Prologue: Selected Articles
		Simmons; to the superintendent of Indian affairs, Gov. Isaac Stevens, to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs; to the Office of the Secretary of the Interior; and eventually to the President.
		Stevens was anxious to survey a northern route for the proposed transcontinental railroad through the trackless wilderness of his new domain.
		Ezra Meeker, a severe critic of Governor Stevens's Indian policies, accused Stevens of being drunk at the councils and of having suppressed a speech of opposition by Chief Leschi of the Nisqually Indians in the official record.
	www.archives.gov /publications/prologue/1985/spring/chief-seattle.html (2787 words)

	SuAnn M. Reddick and Cary C. Collins \| Medicine Creek to Fox Island: Cadastral Scams and Contested Domains \| Oregon ...
		Joel Palmer succeeded Dart in Oregon, and Isaac Stevens was appointed governor and ex officio superintendent of Indian affairs for Washington Territory.
		Upon his arrival in the territory, Stevens wrote the Office of Indian Affairs in Washington, D.C., suggesting that, to expedite the opening of lands, the Indians could be placed on a few small "temporary" reservations, later to be transferred to a "general" reservation somewhere in western Washington.
		Isaac Stevens used this tracing of a map by Charles Wilkes at the Medicine Creek treaty council in December 1854.
	www.historycooperative.org /journals/ohq/106.3/reddick.html (9033 words)

	00986-Stevens (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Stevens, Isaac Ingalls, 1818-1862, USMA 1839, Papers 1837, MANUSCRIPTS-PERSHING CNTR, SPEC Mss.
		Cook, Sherburne F., Jr., "The little Napoleon: The short and turbulent career of Isaac I. Stevens," Columbia 2000-01 14(4): 17-20.
		Matter, Robert A. (USMA 1939), "Isaac Ingalls Stevens, first territorial governor," pp.
	www.dean.usma.edu /MATH/people/rickey/dms/00986-Stevens.html (235 words)

	A Little History of Stevens County
		Stevens county was named for Isaac Ingalls Stevens, the first governer and delegate to Congress.
		In 1864 the Territorial Legislature annexed Spokane county to Stevens county, this vast area included what is now Adams, Chelan, Douglas, Ferry, Franklin, Lincoln, Okanogan, Pend Oreille, Spokane, Stevens and Whitman counties, it encompassed over 25,000 square miles.
		The breakup of Stevens county began in 1871, with the creation of Whitman county, followed by the recreation of Spokane county in 1879, Okanogan county in 1888, Ferry county in 1899, and Pend Oreille county in 1911.
	www.rootsweb.com /~wasteven/history.htm (278 words)

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		Stevens was in a hurry to extinguish Indian title to the land for several reasons.
		In other respects the Stevens treaties appear to secure to the Indians in western Washington much less than is secured in the treaties on which the Washington treaties are based.
		Stevens received instructions to make treaties with the Indians in Washington from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs who was his immediate superior in the Department of Indian Affairs.
	www.cwis.org /fwdp/Americas/wwpugsnd.txt (4311 words)

	Isaac Ingalls STEVENS — Infoplease.com
		Mills, Hazel E. “Governor Isaac I. Stevens and the Washington Territorial Library.” Pacific Northwest Quarterly 53 (January 1962): 1-16.
		Isaac I. Stevens, delegate from Washington Territory, on the Washington and Oregon War Claims.
		Isaac I. Stevens, of Washington Territory, on the Indian war expenses of Washington and Oregon.
	www.infoplease.com /biography/us/congress/stevens-isaac-ingalls.html (366 words)

	Stevens County, Minnesota MN, county profile - hotels, festivals, genealogy, newspapers - ePodunk
		Stevens County, MN The county was named for Isaac Ingalls Stevens, congressman and Civil War officer
		Stevens County is one of 87 counties in Minnesota.
		This was a decrease of -1.17% from the 2000 census.
	www.epodunk.com /cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=21478 (415 words)

	Stevens County, Washington WA, county profile - hotels, festivals, genealogy, newspapers - ePodunk
		Stevens County, WA The county was named for Isaac Ingalls Stevens, territorial governor
		Stevens County is one of 39 counties in Washington.
		This was an increase of 3.10% from the 2000 census.
	www.epodunk.com /cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=23041 (455 words)

	Philip Kearny at the Battle of Chantilly
		General Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson encountered the Union troops of General Isaac Stevens as they were retreating from Manassas, and a battle ensued late that afternoon amidst a torrential downpour.
		Stevens led a charge against the Rebel line, nobly bearing the flag of the 79th New York (Highlanders), and in the fury of the raging battle was shot through the temple and killed.
		To the left is the marker of Major General Isaac Stevens: Here fell Major General Isaac Ingalls Stevens with the flag of the Republic in his dying grasp September 1, 1862.
	www.geocities.com /Athens/Aegean/6732/files/kearny_chantilly.html (839 words)

	Isaac Ingalls Stevens
		STEVENS, Isaac Ingalls, soldier, born in Andover, Massachusetts, 28 March, 1818; died near Chantilly, Fairfax County, Virginia, 1 September, 1862.
		He was graduated at the United States military academy in 1839, ranking first in his class, and was commissioned as 2d lieutenant of engineers.
		He commanded a division at Newport News, and was made a major-general on 4 July, 1862, serving under General John Pope in the campaign in northern Virginia.
	www.famousamericans.net /isaacingallsstevens (754 words)

	Research Indians pg6
		With the aid of interpreters, the governor attempted to explain the terms of the treaty to the Indians.
		This was difficult because Governor Stevens insisted that the treaty proceedings be carried on in the Chinook jargon, a language of few words.
		Governor Stevens needed leaders to sign the treaty, so he appointed various Indians to act as chiefs.
	www.ci.tumwater.wa.us /researchindianspg6.htm (521 words)

	Isaac I — FactMonster.com
		Although at first received with enthusiasm at Constantinople, Isaac soon lost popularity with the aristocracy and, because of his confiscation of ecclesiastic property, with the church and the patriarch Cerularius, who was exiled.
		In 1059, after an unsuccessful campaign against the Pechenegs, Isaac abdicated for reasons of health and retired to a monastery.
		Isaac Ingalls STEVENS - STEVENS, Isaac Ingalls (1818—1862) STEVENS, Isaac Ingalls, (cousin of Charles Abbot Stevens...
	www.factmonster.com /ce6/people/A0825532.html (190 words)

	Chief Seattle speech is a myth
		Therefore, Governor Stevens spent much of his time in explorations and in attending treaty councils throughout the Pacific northwest area.7 A knowledge of his travels is required in order to determine the occasion at which Seattle's alleged discourse might have been given.
		There apparently were only three occasions between 1853 and 1856 when Isaac Stevens visited the Seattle area and could have witnessed the speech of Seattle reported by Dr. Smith.
		Shaw, also survived into the twentieth century and failed to mention the remarkable oration.18 Another witness was Hazard Stevens, son of the governor, but he was only twelve years old in 1855.
	www.wildsnow.com /articles/chief_seattle/chief_seattle.html (2806 words)

	Fort Stevens
		Originally called Fort Massachusetts by the soldiers from that state who constructed the fort, it was later named after Brigadier General Isaac Ingalls Stevens, who was killed at the Battle of Chantilly, Virginia, September 1, 1862.
		Supporting Fort Stevens were the guns from Fort DeRussy on the left and Fort Slocum on the right.
		The Battle of Fort Stevens thus marks the only battle in which a President was present and under enemy fire while in office.
	www.nps.gov /rocr/ftcircle/stevens.htm (649 words)

	Walla Walla Council
		We want you and ourselves to agree upon tracts of lands where you shall live; in those tracts of land we want each man who will work to have his own land, his own horses, his own cattle, and his home for himself and his children.
		Isaac Ingalls Stevens, Washington Territorial Governor and Superintendent of Indian Affairs.
		or days Stevens and Palmer tried to convince the Indians that it was in their best interest to cede land to the United States.
	www.ccrh.org /comm/umatilla/Native5.htm (448 words)

	Minnesota Govenment Series, State Symbols (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The county was to be named after Isaac Ingalls Stevens, but a clerical error changed the name to Stearns.
		The Legislature decided Stearns was worthy of the honor, and another county was later named after Stevens.
		Stevens County: Named after Isaac Ingalls Stevens, who commanded a surveying expedition for a Pacific railroad.
	www.house.leg.state.mn.us /hinfo/govseries/No34.htm (591 words)

	Thurston County Time Line
		Governor Stevens declared Martial law when Judge Lander held court against the government, hearing the cases of the settlers who were removed from their claims by Stevens.
		Isaac Stevens died was killed while serving as an officer in the Battle of Chantilly, in the Civil War.
		News of the death of Isaac Ingals Stevens reached Olympia, and he was honored for dying a hero’s death.
	home.earthlink.net /~waresearcher/timeline.html (10349 words)

	ABC News 4 Charleston - Search Results by Google (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Stevens Institute of Technology is one of the leading technological universities
		Stevens County was established on February 20, 1862.
		Isaac Ingalls Stevens, who had this county named for him seven years after...
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	Adeler Jewelers Coin Jewelry
		Fort Stevens was part of the extensive fortifications built around Washington, D.C. during the American Civil War.
		It was constructed in 1861 as "Fort Massachusetts" and later enlarged by the army and renamed "Fort Stevens" after Brigadier General Isaac Ingalls Stevens, who was killed at the Battle of Chantilly, Virginia, on September 1, 1862.
		The remains of 41 Union soldiers who died in the Battle of Fort Stevens are buried on the grounds of nearby Battleground National Cemetery.
	www.adelerjewelers.com /treasure1.html (284 words)

	Yakima Valley Museum: Treasures of the Washington State Historical Society
		Isaac Stevens was appointed the first Territorial Governor of Washington in 1853.
		He left Washington to serve as a United States Army officer in the Civil War, and while carrying this sword was killed at the Battle of Chantilly on September 1, 1862.
		Isaac Ingalls Stevens, who was appointed to be the first territorial governor of Washington in1853, used this desk.
	www.yakimavalleymuseum.org /special/treasures (882 words)

	HistoryLink Essay: Governor Isaac Stevens selects Olympia as capital of Washington Territory on November 28, 1853.
		On November 28, 1853, Isaac Stevens (1818-1862), the first governor of Washington Territory, issues a proclamation that names Olympia as the capital of the new Territory.
		In addition to his duties as governor, Stevens sought and received command of a party surveying a railroad route from the Mississippi River to Puget Sound.
		Governor Stevens addressed the newly elected legislature on February 28, 1854, and the legislators set to work passing laws for the Territory.
	www.historylink.org /essays/output.cfm?file_id=5054 (462 words)

	Lowcountry NOW: Local News - Littlejohn: Robert E. Lee's defense of the Carolina coast 01/13/03
		Calling the area for the first time "The Department of the South," Stanton relieved Sherman of command and in his place put Gen. David Hunter and, eventually, Gen. Isaac Ingalls Stevens, who had been a tentmate with Lee during the Mexican War.
		Stevens was given the assignment to extend the Federal lines north of Whale Branch and to remove as many of Lee's "obstructions" in the stream as possible.
		When Lee left in March, Stevens remained as commander in the area for the Federals until the following July, when he was transferred back to Virginia, as well.
	www.lowcountrynow.com /stories/011303/LOClittlejohn.shtml (1237 words)

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