Agency Creek Traditional Cache
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A county historical sign indicates the location of the Alsea Sub-Agency along Agency Creek and is adjacent to the Yachats Pioneer Cemetery and a local pet cemetery. The cache is a camouflaged lock 'n lock 2 X 4 inches.
When originally established by executive order on November 9, 1855, the Coast Reservation ran a full ninety miles along the Oregon Coast and thirty miles inland. It was “home” to many tribes and bands, Alsi, Yahute, Siuslaw, Coos, Lower Umpqua, Kuitshes, Siletz, to name a few. However, in December 1865 it was divided in two, the Siletz Agency in the north and the Alsea Sub-agency in the south, to allow white settlers to move into the strip of land between these two reservations.
The Coast Reservation had a series of less than honest agents (one report said “corrupt”) that did not provide services and products promised the tribes rounded up and forced to live in the area. In September of 1857, it was reported that approximately 690 Coast Tribe Indians were living on the Alsea Reservation which is now the land around the Adobe Motel, Agency Creek, and up the Yachats River. The facilities included board houses, cattle sheds, blacksmith shop, and storage buildings.
The Alsi and Yahute tribes, prior to arrival of the white man, fished and hunted in the Yachats area and burned the hillsides to provide grazing for their animals. This continued when they occupied the lands at the Alsea Agency and the cleared fields were also used for growing crops. One of the last agents was Sam Case who later moved to Newport and became involved with the development and education of Newport children and a grade school is named after him. The sub-agency was closed by the Federal Government in March of 1875 and the indigenous peoples were left to fend for themselves and were allowed to homestead the area as long as they were able to support their families.
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