National Park Service Historical Handbook Series No. 37

Whitman Mission National Historic Site

This publication is one of a series of handbooks describing the historical and archeological areas in the National Park System administered by the National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior. It is printed by the Government Printing Office and can be purchased from the Superintendent of Documents, Washington, D.C., 20402. Price 45 cents. It is a distinct pleasure to acknowledge my indebtedness to Jack Farr, formerly with the National Park Service, and Robert L. Whitner, Whitman College, Walla Walla, Wash., who prepared the material on which most of this manuscript was based. Waiilatpu is the site of the mission founded among the Cayuse Indians in 1836 by Marcus and Narcissa Whitman. After 11 years of ministering to the Indians and assisting emigrants on the Oregon Trail, these missionaries were killed and their mission destroyed by the Indians whom they sought to help. The Whitmans story of devotion, nobility, and courage places them high among the pioneers who settled the Far West. In 1836 five peopleDr. Marcus and Narcissa Whitman, the Reverend Henry and Eliza Spalding, and William H. Graysuccessfully crossed the North American continent from New York State to the largely unknown land called Oregon. At Waiilatpu and Lapwai, among the Cayuse and Nez Perc Indians, they founded the first two missions on the Columbia Plateau. The trail they followed, established by Indians and fur traders, was later to be called the Oregon Trail. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 60756
Author: Thompson, Erwin N.
Release Date: Nov 22, 2019
Format: eBook
Language: English