First white women over the Rockies
Subtitle: diaries, letters, and biographical sketches of the six women of the Oregon Mission who made the overland journey in 1836 and 1838.
Series: Northwest historical series,; 6-8
Publisher: A. H. Clark Co.
Published: 1963
Place of publication: Glendale, Calif
Language: eng
Subjects: American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. Oregon Mission.; Women missionaries -- West (U.S.) -- Biography.; Missions -- Oregon.
Description: These two volumes give the story of six courageous women who were the first white women to cross overland to the Pacific Northwest.
Notes: Includes bibliographies.
Table of contents: title: v. 1. Mrs. Marcus Whitman, Mrs. Henry H. Spalding. Mrs. William H. Gray, and Mrs. Asa B. Smith.; title: v. 2. Mrs. Eikanah Walker and Mrs. Cushing Eells.; title: v. 3. Diary of Sarah White Smith (Mrs. Asa B. Smith). Letters of Asa B. Smith and other documents relating to the 1838 reenforcement to the Oregon Mission.