e/Champoeg Meetings

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has gloss	eng: The Champoeg Meetings in Oregon Country were the first attempts at governing in the Pacific Northwest by United States European-American pioneers. Prior to this, the closest entity to a government was the Hudson's Bay Company, mainly through Dr. John McLoughlin at Fort Vancouver in present day Vancouver, Washington. There were a series of meetings over three years held at Champoeg on the French Prairie along the Willamette River in present day Marion County, Oregon, beginning in 1841.
lexicalization	eng: Champoeg Meetings
subclass of	(noun) a formally arranged gathering; "next year the meeting will be in Chicago"; "the meeting elected a chairperson" meeting, group meeting
has instance	e/Executive Committee (Oregon Country)
has instance	e/Oregon Institute
has instance	e/Oregon Lyceum

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