 Later a second militia was formed in 1846 with the same name, which lasted only a few months.An early historian of Oregon, Frances Fuller Victor, gave a negative assessment of the two forces, stating there lacked "any deeds of prowess performed by the rangers..."

The Cockstock Incident involved a Wasco named Cockstock was employed on black Winslow Anderson's farm in 1843, with a horse promised as payment.Prior to the end of his work however, the horse was sold to another black pioneer, James D. Saules.