Title: How Marcus Whitman saved Oregon. A true romance of patriotic heroism, Christian devotion and final martyrdom, with sketches of life on the plains and mountains in pioneer days,
Authors: Nixon, Oliver W. 1825-1905.
Publisher: Star publishing company,
Year: 1895
Subjects: Whitman, Marcus,
Abstract: Marcus Whitman and his wife Narcissa Whitman established a mission in the Oregon Territory in the 1840s. The Cayuse Indians accused the Whitmans of spreading disease among the tribe and killed the Whitmans and many others. Other missionaries established a college in their name in Walla Walla, Washington.