Drum Sticks. Belonged to a drummer in the Confederate army in Mississippi. Picked up on the battlefield of Jackson, in that State, on July 7, 1863, by Captain R. A. Frame, Company B, Seventh Illinois Infantry, and brought by him to Oregon in 1883. Donated by Captain Frame, Portland.
Sword. Carried by Major John P. Gaines in the battle of Thames, October 5, 1813, when the noted war chief Tecumseh, was killed. Major Gaines was one of the Kentucky volunteers under command of General Isaac Shelby. Gaines carried this sword in the Mexican war, serving under General Zachary Taylor, and was appointed by President Taylor the second governor of Oregon Territory in October, 1849, and arrived at Oregon City August 18, 1850. Sword donated by a son, Abner P. Gaines, Portland.
Needle Book, or "Housewife," owned by George Shannon, a member of the Lewis and Clark exploring party, and used by him on their memorable journey to Oregon in 1804-6. Loaned by Mrs. J. P. Farmer, Portland, a granddaughter of George Shannon.
Writing roll, pens, inkstand, beeswax, pins, thread, buttons, and thimble, brought across the plains to Oregon in 1832 by John Ball, who taught the first school in American territory west of the Rocky Mountains, beginning in November, 1832, at Vancouver, and closing in February, 1833. He was also the first American to raise a crop of wheat in the region referred to that was in the year 1833.
Piece of a cloak, which was spun and woven by Mrs. Sarah Nevins Ball, mother of John Ball, before the Revolutionary war.
Silk handkerchief. Carried by John Ball when he was a young man.
(The foregoing articles loaned by Mrs. Katie Ball Powers, a daughter of John Ball, Whittier, Cal.)
Hammer. Brought to Oregon by Frederick Thomas, who landed at the 'Site of Portland, October 16, 1845. It was an old tool in 1798, and was used in drawing the edge of scythes in sharpening them, as there was less waste of steel by that method than by grinding. Donated by Williams N. Thomas, Gates, Oregon.
Cartridge of a Gatling gun, and two steel-covered bullets taken from the body of a Spanish captain at the battle of San Juan Hill, May 3, 1898, and a number of Spanish bullets picked up the same day. Deposited by Lieut. L. H. Mendall, U. S. A.
