Today in history.
Contributors: Library of Congress. National Digital Library Program.
Publisher: Library of Congress
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language: eng
Format: Electronic resource
Subjects: Whitman, Marcus, -- 1802-1847.; Whitman, Narcissa Prentiss, -- 1808-1847.; Eells, Cushing, -- 1810-1893.; Missionaries -- Oregon -- Biography.; Whitman Massacre, 1847.; Cayuse Indians -- History.; Oregon Territory -- History.
Genres: Biography.
Other titles: February 16; Missionaries in the Oregon Territory
Description: Biography of three missionaries in the Oregan Territory in the 19th century--Cushing Eells, Marcus and Narcissa Whitman, with an emphasis on the Whitmans. Provides information on their missions, their relationships with the Cayuse Indians, and the Whitman Massacre in 1847.
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