Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1895-11-18
RIDE THAT SAVED AN EMPIRE
INTERESTING HISTORICAL LECTURE
BY nos. J. ". FAiRBASK.
Dr. Marcus Whitman's Journey OF -Four
thousand Miles on Horseback Prevented
the Cessiun OF oregon aud wash
ington to Grtnt Britain.


T. w Fatrb4rk. of OREGON. delivered a lee.
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,.'r. .Iset.r.g,t -r5, Lime ,,,,,s,,,e, ~,
famous r9g OF 4ut1 mites taken by Dr
Marau, whitman from oregon TO Washing.
10 'Itg,,rt Fr's.Istt Tayll3r s;.nIur away NAV
oregon and W4shIlrfou 90 Great Britain.
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After giving brief sketch Of pr. whit
man 1rly I.is in which he stated that
! N ID az thr. ara ~ ~ ana mai entered nh.
ou his work in oregon when he was :3
7 years OH. Doe speaker gave iu detail the
! history III The great Northwest lie said
/ inat ln 1892 the people OF St. Louis were
| startled uuC morning uy seeing lu the
streets five Mes Parccs chiefs '"rhey haL
l"trl OF the great Book of the white
man ana had come over the mountains
I Ahi pl'hs To- hunt for H. said Mr.. Fair
! a1hk General clarke then IN charge OK
,!' posi- mere, dlH'l these wild mon OF the
/ 'tf "5sh'
''I. D 9Ii"ahh th'n quoted "a spee9h made
| ta' .t .Ag gh|lis, n whl.h hr said,
/ w. I.iLr. NiS i"o"lt WI lie
,.,.ga' tN''',55S, ''E ,"IE IE VIZ go on ~. Iols
/ ,iI. iY ~, vtnrl tluL'uE tE"Hnas. No
,,'. ''t5t' 10 20 WIN ln.iu' anu ~ Whltg
i'.-' Lo"N 10 m5h. the way pain.
III was tIHnslatel and sent East and
lW. ~ i, ~ , ''i S,'l'i M NJ ~ 4-ttt ~ ~
i.s n,V ',, g rrrrSfgba 10 e ryEI5,i lhe ,i'2sk-
thr aifasfi",,' S''S ,f,.NN,C4 .NN % iittHN.I' "as
IL
American boaTd sent t,yo men IN ia, H. ~,
lf1rifis W. i.t,gr - f5 Sin - ~. 81, ~, II
TO .o 10 Orcron and HnS olit The raj u On
iitiou ana wants Of the country. Rlarbfn,l
the Green river NOW the stgte Of v.,nri-
ing they were mot bv b6dinS of In r-iers
and traders and were made fiIll,. acoItni,t
ell Win thc srI,ffon Tho u''I HaIIst NM
white for the harvest Or. whitman re-
pr Parker kcpt Sn t.pon his report srS p'1'-, tbe
board decided 10 occupy the field Rev n
~, Spauldiug. Who had been recently mar
commissioned. Fifty-ninc years aEo pr
Whitman and h.. bride commenced their
bridal tour to oregon.
Mr.. Farhank then described the hard
ships of that long and wcarison1e tourusy
iI. snd The h. R2osP,a5le RECEPTION q t6e ,ray-
in their way by the Hudson Ray Co,nnaii}r g.
lie gave the history Of The Hudson I5sy
1,,itpitSs ~" tE,s "ISErinei IGin me Jrenlrmaoq5i
traders had To- drbt peainst and o,srrIL,,a I,,a
""lii5E ."e lHt'ei nan Oh ihe SeFsnteenth
yysaIij In - e,,,. 80, J - ~ 80 - 90 ll1i''.Ilse @
n\ year t. gain control over the savage
,.r p" ] iHr ,dlile an 'i,e ne 5tS,li' press
M9 IN eSsrT o way aGgG am am3 a @9efj Ihs
ft,i.lon 10 me, the saEaEes:
thu @ orn on ,[m adSI Mf on 70 ag aySgribe i
moTntaias ".rba scene { seid he ,eane .,js one
in which are moss garlanded cascades al
most hidden by the dense foliage, are most
mlsshapen rocks. and f9r SIX miles the
these distractions The Indian legend is
the river formed by nature and mat Mount
tbrsy- Stonas 9f ono mother. ana +bat IN
the the SonfiSt of the ' giants the bridge was
scTrt,6n f'S Of NAM y"g of the other beauties Of