New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-04-29
A TRIBUTE TO A HERO.
GREAT AND PATRIOTIC WORK OF DR. NJ.
WHITMAN IN THE NORTHWEST
THREE STATES ADDED TO THE UNION 40 ihH
RESULT OF HIS LABORs ANp. sTRC''lr''
AN APPEAL FROM THE PREsiphNi
OF WHITMAN COLLEGE WHICH

~ APPEAL FROM THE PREslDENf
OF WHITMAN COLLEGE WHICH
SHOULD FIND \ RESPONSE.
To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir. Tho citlzone of New-York believe In giving
"horor 70 whom, honor is due" and therefore your
readers Will take peculiar h''FeSt " ,,,
chapter OF American history whch i NV ~,..o.,
made known 10 the world. ana the ne" ,
hero who though long since buried IN martyr
grave il recognized to-day as worthy Oh "
,,oco T., ,no roll NJ our countrys heroeA Inc ma"
70 whose nrophetic foresight and heroic ''''nb
three stars in the American nag are que o"S".
known and honored wherever that free nag ma
ask your permission to tel the peop'e VI i,a
through vour paces Of the romantic ana inspiring
s,or,. -, r,r Narcus Whitman. Readers OF III"
rruhuno may recall the report OF an interesting
lecture Ivy the Rev. Dr. r. : Storrs' OF p''
on some I-nrccognzed Builders OF 'n' -','',
delivered on NashnG;ons Hsrihday /" ."' "
paid a glowing tribute 20 DR. hin''' '''' 49,,
that whitman College now hourishinS III me
W., Woua Valley" was the best monument TO inc
memory of the man. - ,r-,
The Introduction to the history Oh ''eN' No.,
tory was made 10y the Lewis ana C'a'N ,,
of ls0i and by the fur traders Oh ""'," il'''"
tolls IN hia "As,ora"; but the lire. actu"i '"'p'o'
bsy,n when. in 1896 a Hate band OF WINE prop'''
cvo =, al Settled AZ Waulatpu. IN the WhlIa "h'a
vouov They were missionaries come across '''
Contincn. 10 teach the Indians, AZ t''' "'h'''
quest of the white mans God ana 'h' ""'e ''.I
Book of Heaven" Marcus Whitman N"' NV
,, ,,o,,n ~ = dfs.iuciishcl New England FAM
uv \ physician and a man Of dounti''H energy ~
had brought with him across the Rocky Mount MS
the first wagon which croSs"l me continent
the FIST white woman. his Wife ana inc '"7
Commerce. Christianity ana civilization 'dilc w"
.hat mission band ON the Al OF Jn'y' ''"' W."
,bov had reached the South Pass o. the ho'h''7'
which marks the western divide and had .''F'u I'r
~, FIRST time on the Pacific Slope. they nr'"sh' a
United states flag ont OF their battee1 "'so" "''
ur,,r,od II 10 the Western breeze. lh'h ''''"b o'
their knees in prayer. they took posNsS'o', .. vic
land before them TN the name of ''od anu VI ''e
United States , -. ,,o
In those carly days no one knew tho vain' OF mo
c,.,c, %,-fhwes. Inhabited by lndi1n5 ana win
ho,s,s and visited only by tho rowing traip''" "
WIS porularly supposed 10 b" wor'h's' anu IVA
,h,e Benton. in tho United states 9eh''e' nav
do,orel that the Rocky Mountains were the ha'u'''
western boundary Of the Tinted S'aNF, ""' Ia 10,
he hoped they would ever remain So Me'S''' ",'
,,iitv said tina, he would never favor inc eNP'N.-
,,,. ~ , rcnny 70 reach the Plc.hc Coast ""0"
vss a sandy wilderness only III Tor p'""'" '''"
I, was moi worth pincl ~ snui'.
In this region. now known - he Or :" Wv -
-. ,s,-,ions of the United States. whitman p'E"''
his work for .hc Indians. tea 'hns' '"''''3'
,,q preaching. spar.ug 10 EFFORT 10 'N,"'"'"
christian civilization. and acting "a pnSS' ''' ','''
surgeon FOR tie whole country "''''" ''' M
Wha, h, accomplished In the hrst five years - u',
eo,,allel In the missionary annals OF inc "0''' i'
4 greater work was IN s'07e for MIN
called one day ln the fall x 1872 10 attend "A
r,,,o,, =, Fort VALE Waul. the pos; - the h1H-
sons Bay F,r Company. D." there Ie'rhe' f''"'h'
news Tldings had come that very morning '""' "
marty OF Brush settlers were making 'h''r way
down from the Saskatchewan - take posses&on OF
OREGON ard occupy Il IN tho name 81 EngIanH
Queen ! Young English Cltho.i' Vrieat. VINO vas
n, IN. dirner-:at., lcapoI his feet and proposed
'no ,'". CO.. ,,,, whistle Tor her. wn,man
Inc Iht"' 90 - ''I' ,., -, 80. oregon
t"r ' ,ho Tn,cg s,,tos dashed into his mind It's
,, 80. ,,. ,,.,.',., i,,. fla dancer calling or
his horse he rode Tosthas'" back 20 iaH mission,
and sunnoaine "A council o. tho mi7s.onlrics. told
- -. -, .,t,,,s am, ~ N,, rim II var 10
'"'H "' 'n' '',''..'' ...,. ZOO, ,ro CONT
non, =, Washington tell tao Government; O: tho
value ~ oregon 70 ~" '"''"' ''"''S' am - Wv
,.s ,-o,,.,,,c nov ,,,d 3, dcs.r, h,s pos; lie
NO. =. .', 49, it, ,,,t ,ol,I., I, vas a Will
WAS mixing 'p r'"Fi"" ANA P'''' - w"
o.,,.. -, ,,os,,ho nix voun,ot,a IN the winter
"'''''P' ~ 49,. ,.,.o,o,.
Though am missionary. am got cSpa,rtntod.
7 ,,o ,o,,, D., yvashinrton. Tn. mex, morning he
atarpoi Win an Indian guide ana young white
as companion.
tod ,6 9 ld on ao c r he ndyns " are
on the waruath tho trappers said We VIII turn
Whitman /, was o.,0 miles out of tneir way over
unbrok"u WILDERNESS. through the SHOWS % un-
known mountains. But they went. with hhrfships
and dangers which can scarcely b" imagined Az
last on January % 1873, they reached Rents Fort
on the Arkansas River. Nhiimans face ana hands
and :ee were frozen, but an open trail lay before
HIM 10 m" East Leaving his EXHAUSTED com
Pani1ns, Whitman STAYED not day. but rode on
70 Wellington tsl.ing ,he p"op!e whom he now now
began - meet ~ ~" i'rtNty or oregon ana prom
islnE 10 "dd PACK "a;"h 'dn or settlers 'na' sum
m MN, ,,,o IN ,,,s 30 r.,c,., wosb,rr,on
men. c.hI IN iuiH ~" reh'h ei NhshlhE'oh,
Marrh j. lSi". ne wen 70 WEBSTER put th't great
statesman was th"n planning 10 trade oregon Ter
ritory 80 Great Britain ior cod fishery ana would
not listen 10 bis story. President Tyler was
more Impressed. The mans fac" and hands were
PROOF OF h' sincerity. ana NJ ioii hlHan thht II
b" could demonstrate" the possibility OF reaching
oregon with wagons from the states. II should not
De coded 70 'ii'ht lii!iaih, ma, sam" summer
-, i'r. " h'tmhi lr" PACK IN" nfSt wagon tram
"h'h 'V"r crossed me American ointment. ~