The mountains we have crossed
Subtitle: diaries and letters of the Oregon Mission, 1838
By: introductions and editorial notes by Clifford Merrill Drury ; introduction to the Bison Books edition by Bonnie Sue Lewis.
Contributors: Smith, Sarah Gilbert White, 1813-1855.; Smith, Asa Bowen, 1809-1886.; Drury, Clifford Merrill, 1897-
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Lincoln
Language: eng
Number of pages: 332
Subjects: Smith, Sarah Gilbert White, 1813-1855 -- Diaries; Smith, Asa Bowen, 1809-1886 -- Correspondence; Women pioneers -- Northwestern States -- Diaries; Women missionaries -- Northwestern States -- Diaries; Pioneers -- Northwestern States -- Correspondence; Missionaries -- Northwestern States -- Correspondence; Overland journeys to the Pacific; Missions -- Oregon -- History -- 19th century; Indians of North America -- Missions -- Oregon -- History -- 19th century; Oregon -- History -- To 1859
Genres: Diaries.; Correspondence.
Other titles: First white women over the Rockies. Vol. 3.
Description: "Four newly wed couples, along with one single man, were sent to Oregon in 1838 to reinforce the two-year-old mission established by Marcus Whitman and Henry Spalding. These reinforcements were to become legendary in the history of the Pacific Northwest for the incessant bickering and petty jealousies that eventually caused the deaths of Marcus and Narcissa Whitman and forced the abandonment of the mission effort." "This Bison Books edition contains the very personal diary of Sarah Smith, "the weeping one" as the Indians remembered her. When read in chronological sequence with the nearly one hundred letters written by her husband, Asa, a compelling picture of their journey to Oregon and subsequent life at the mission emerges. Other letters, documents, and biographical sketches enhance the volume."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [320]-321) and index.
Originally published as v. 3 of: First white women over the Rockies. Glendale, Calif. : A.H. Clark, 1966.
Consists of the diary of Sarah White Smith and letters of Asa B. Smith, and other documents relating to the 1838 reenforcement to the Oregon Mission.