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BIOGRAPHY OF CAPTAIN 0. C. APPLEGATE.

Captain O. C. Applegate, known by the Indians as Bli-was Lock-ie, meaning Indian Chief, than whom no man is better known in Southern Oregon, was born in 1845 in what was then Yamhill County, Oregon Territory. His father, Lindsay

Capt. O. C. Applegate. This photo taken in Washington, D. C., 1890.

Applegate, was a native of Kentucky and the son of a Revolu- tionary soldier. Lindsay was one of the three Applegate brothers, the others being Jesse and Charley, who came across the plains with their families in 1843 with the first great train