Page:Centennial History of Oregon 1811-1912, Volume 1.djvu/281

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FRANCOIS XAVIER MATTHIEU

Sole survivor of Champoeg meeting, now 94 years of age, 1912. The man whose vote to organize the provisional government of 1843, under the American flag, most probably gave the territory of Old Oregon to the United States instead of Great Britain.