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100 1 $aDrury, Clifford Merrill,$d1897-1984.
245 10 $aMarcus and Narcissa Whitman, and the opening of old Oregon,$cby Clifford M. Drury.
260 0 $aGlendale, Calif.,$bA. H. Clark Co.,$c1973.
300 $a2 v.$billus.$c25 cm.
440 0 $aNorthwest historical series ;$v10-11
504 $aBibliography: v. 2, p. [405]-406.
505 0 $aV.1 Whitman Volunteers for Oregon -- The American Board -- Samuel Parker -- Oregon Indians in the Red River Mission School -- Nez Perce delegation to St. Louis -- Spokane Garry -- Methodists send James Lee to Old Oregon -- Samuel Parker appointed -- Marcus Whitman and Narcissa Prentiss volunteer -- Whitman's First Eighteen Years, 1802-1820 -- Ancestry, birth, and early years -- Ten years in Massachusetts -- Whiteman's Medical Training -- Riding with Dr. Bryant -- Whitman's first term at medical college -- Whitman in Canada -- Whitman returns to medical college -- Three Years at Wheeler, 1832-1835 -- The cholera epidemic -- Whitman commissioned by the American Board -- Parker's appeal for missionaries -- Whitman leaves for the Rockies.
505 0 $aWhitman's First Eighteen Years, 1802-1820 -- Ancestry, birth, and early years -- Ten years in Massachusetts -- Whiteman's Medical Training -- Riding with Dr. Bryant -- Whitman's first term at medical college -- Whitman in Canada -- Whitman returns to medical college.
505 0 $aThree Years at Wheeler, 1832-1835 -- The cholera epidemic -- Whitman commissioned by the American Board -- Parker's appeal for missionaries -- Whitman leaves for the Rockies.
505 0 $aEarly Life of Narcissa Prentiss, 1808-1835 -- Ancestry and early life -- The church at Prattsburg -- Her education -- She rejects Spalding's proposal -- "Are females wanted?" -- Marcus and Narcissa engaged -- Narcissa applies for appointment.
505 0 $aWhitman's First Journey to the Rockies, 1835 -- His official commission -- Differences of Whitman and Parker -- Hostility of the men of the caravan -- Cholera strikes -- From Bellevue to the Rendezvous -- At the Rendezvous -- Whitman and Parker separate -- "We could cross the mountains with a wagon."
505 0 $aMarcus and Narcissa Are Married, 1836 -- The search of associates -- Henry H. Spalding -- Eliza Hart Spalding -- Spalding's unfortunate remark -- "We want you for Oregon" -- Their personal appearance -- Marcus and Narcissa are married.
505 0 $aFirst White Women to Cross the Rockies, 1836 -- Official passports for Oregon -- Final instructions from the Board -- From Narcissa's letters -- William H. Gray -- Travel outfit assembled -- On the march -- Through South pass, July 4, 1836 -- From the Rendezvous to Fort Vancouver -- At the Rendezvous -- To Fort Boise -- Narcissa's diary -- To Fort Vancouver -- The Missionaries at Fort Vancouver.
505 0 $aWaiilatpu, 1836-1837 -- Mission site selected -- Spaulding selects Lapwai -- Women return to Walla Walla -- First house at Waiilatpu -- Food supplies -- Gray returns to the States -- Agriculture and evangelization begin at Waiilatpu -- Three Cayuse chiefs -- Alice Clarissa born -- Trials and Triumphs.
505 0 $aThe Versatile Doctor, 1837-1838 -- Whitman, the doctor, farmer, and missionary teacher -- Eliza Spalding born -- First adobe house -- Lee visits Whitman and Spalding.
505 0 $aJason Lee and Oregon Colonization -- Lieutenant Slacum visits Oregon -- Boundary issue -- Methodist reinforcements -- Lee leaves for New York -- Whitman and Spalding ask for more missionaries -- Methodists receive a government subsidy -- The Lausanne reinforcement -- Reaction of the Hudson's Bay Company.
505 0 $aYear of Adjustments, 1838-1839 -- Financial matters -- First Presbyterian Church of Oregon -- Reenforcement of 1838 -- Asa Bowen Smith -- "A strange company of missionaries" -- Columbia Maternal Association -- Tshimakain selection -- Coming of Roman Catholic missionaries -- Whitman's second house -- Growing dissention in the mission -- Alice Clarissa drowned -- Reconciliation.
505 0 $aFourth Year of the Oregon Mission, 1839-1940 -- Gray demands a separate station -- Independent missionaries arrive -- First native converts -- Thomas J. Farnham -- Emigrant house erected -- Spalding criticized -- More Missionaries -- Arrival of Father DeSmet.
505 0 $aFifth Year of the Oregon Mission, 1840-1841 -- Critical letters against Spalding -- First wagons over the Blue mountains -- Indian troubles -- Proposal to sell out to the Methodists -- Munger insane -- Smiths and Rogers leave -- Political developments -- The Wilkes expedition.
505 0 $aFifth Year of the Oregon Mission, 1840-841 -- Critical letters against Spalding -- First wagons over the Blue mountains -- Indian troubles -- Proposal to sell out to the Methodists -- Munger insane -- Smiths and Rogers leave -- Political developments -- The Wilkes expedition.
505 0 $aV.2 Narcissa's Lonely Year, 1842-1843 -- Attempted assault on Narcissa -- Narcissa goes to Waskopum -- Laws of the Nez Perces -- Ellis made first head chief -- Restlessness among the Cayuses -- Whit's return visit -- Cayuses accept the laws.
505 0 $aWhitman Rides, 1842-1843 -- Crossing the Rockies in severe Winter -- Promotes Oregon emigration -- Whitman in Washington -- In New York and Boston -- Board rescinds fateful order -- Whitman plans for the mission's future.
505 0 $a"Westward HO!", 1843 -- Whitman's visit with relatives -- Perrin Whitman -- "My plans require time and distance" -- Emigrants gather -- "Travel, travel, travel" -- Opening the wagon road to the Columbia -- An appraisal of Whitman's ride -- Reaction of the Hudson's Bay Company.
505 0 $aA Changing Oregon, 18843-1846 -- Narcissa sick and discouraged -- Continued activities at Waiilatpu -- More native converts -- Indians becoming uneasy, 1844-1845 -- Arrival of the Sager orphans -- Gospel of Matthew in Nez Perce, 1845-1846 -- Emigration of 1845 -- Andrew Rodgers -- Reminiscences of the Sager girls -- Whitman considers leaving Waiilatpu -- Visit of Tom Hill -- International boundary settled.
505 0 $aPrelude to Tragedy, September 1846 to November 1847 -- The emigration of 1846 -- Severe Winter -- Methodists give Waskopum to the American Board -- Hinmans and Perrin Whitman move to Waskopum -- Artists Kane and Stanley visit Waiilatpu -- Introduction of measles -- Catholics establish two missions near Waiilatpu -- Oregon emigration of 1847 -- Last Whitman letters -- Crowded Waiilatpu -- Joe Lewis, chief villain -- Roll-call at Waiilatpu.
505 0 $aWhitman Massacre -- The measles epidemic -- Whitman accused of poising the Indians -- Conspirators identified -- Serving Oregon through death -- Ride to the Umatilla -- The Massacre -- Some were weeping -- Hudson's Bay Company informed -- Those who escaped -- Father Brouillet visits Waiilatpu -- Summary of the fate of those at Waiilatpu.
505 0 $aCongresses Establishes Oregon as a Territory -- Hudson's Bay Company act promptly -- Experiences of the captives -- Ogden secures their release -- Lapwai Mission abandoned -- Discovery of Stanley's portraits -- In pursuits of the murderers -- Waiilatpu burned -- Joe Meek goes East -- End of the Oregon Mission -- Territorial status.
505 0 $aApprehension of five alleged murderers -- Their trial and execution -- Waiilatpu inventory -- Monuments, memorials, and anniversary occasions -- Mystery of the skulls -- Whitman literature -- Whitman Mission National Historic Site -- Continuing First Presbyterian Church of Oregon -- I baptize you Marcus Whitman.
505 0 $aAppendices : Index of the letters of the Whitmans -- Financial reports of the American Board -- Evolution of the Whitman-saved-Oregon story -- Literature of the Whitman controversy -- Accounts of the massacre and the captivity -- Letter from H.K.W. Perkins to Jane Prentiss -- Whitman's proposed bill for Oregon.
651 0 $aOregon Territory$xHistory.
600 10 $aWhitman, Marcus,$d1802-1847.
600 10 $aWhitman, Narcissa Prentiss,$d1808-1847.
776 08 $iOnline version:$aDrury, Clifford Merrill, 1897-$tMarcus and Narcissa Whitman, and the opening of old Oregon.$dGlendale, Calif., A.H. Clark Co., 1973$w(OCoLC)601096653
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