How Marcus Whitman saved Oregon.
Subtitle: A true romance of patriotic heroism, Christian devotion and final martyrdom, with sketches of life on the plains and mountains in pioneer days
By: by Oliver W. Nixon ... Introduction by Rev. Frank W. Gunsaulus ...
Publisher: Star Publishing Company
Published: 1895
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 339
Subjects: Whitman, Marcus, -- 1802-1847; Northwest, Pacific -- History; Oregon -- History -- To 1859
Description: 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.