William Cameron McKay
AllegianceUnited States
Service/branchU.S. Army
Battles/wars

William Cameron McKay (1824–1893) was a scout in the Snake War and Modoc War, a Captain in the U.S. Army, a member of the Warm Springs Scouts, and a physician and surgeon.

William Cameron McKay was born at Fort George on May 18, 1824, what is now Astoria, Oregon\. He was the son of a famous trapper and guide Thomas McKay and his wife, Timmee T'lkul Tchinouk, daughter of Tshinouk (Chinook) chief Concomly. He was a grandson of Alexander MacKay and the step-grandson of Dr. John McLoughlin.[1][2]

Educated by his step-grandfather, he was sent with his brothers to be educated in the Eastern United States in 1838. At the age of 19 he was licensed to practice medicine.[1]

He commanded a group of Warm Springs Indians that served as scouts for the U.S. Army in the Snake War a campaign against the Northern Paiute in 1866–1868.[2]

He was appointed on several occasions to serve as doctor at both the Warm Springs and Umatilla reservations.[2]

He died in 1893,[2] aged 74, in Pendleton, Oregon.

References

  1. ^ a b Dr. William Cameron McKay,(1824-1893)
  2. ^ a b c d McKay, W. C. (William Cameron), 1824-1893 from snaccooperative.org accessed August 16, 2018.
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