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 History of the Counties of Oregon 63 tion and award under the Treaty of Washington, of May 8, 1871. During the early part of the civil war he was in command in Missouri. He was placed on the retired list in August, 1863. At the close of the war he was brevetted Major General "for long and faithful services." Harney County is now bounded: on the north by Grant County, and small portions of Crook County; on the east by a portion of Malheur County; on the south by a portion of Lake County and the State of Nevada; and on the west by Lake County and a portion of Crook County. Its county seat is Burns. Sherman County. Sherman County was created February 25, 1889, by the State Legislature. (General Laws of 1889, page 82). It com- prises a part of the northeastern portion of Wasco County, as the latter then was. Sherman County is named for General William Tecumseh Sherman. Sherman County is bounded : on the north by the Columbia and John Day Rivers; on the east by the John Day River, the common boundary of Sherman and Gilliam Counties ; on the south by Wasco County ; and on the west by a portion of Wasco County and the Deschutes River a part of the latter being a part of the common boundary of Sherman and Wasco Counties. Its county seat is Moro. Lincoln County. Lincoln County was created February 20, 1893, by the State Legislature. (General Laws of 1893, page 68). It comprises the Siletz Indian Reservation, lying between Polk County and the Pacific Ocean, and the western portion of Benton County as the latter then was. It is named for Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln County is now bounded : on the north by Tillamook County ; on the east by Benton County and a portion of Polk