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The Mountains We Have Crossed: Diaries and Letters of the Oregon Mission, 1838
By Clifford Merrill Drury, Sarah Gilbert White Smith
336 pages
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Overland Journeys to the Pacific
Missions--Oregon--History--19th Century
Indians of North America--Missions--Oregon--History--19th Century
Oregon--History--to 1859
Smith, Sarah Gilbert White, 1813-1855--Diaries
Women Pioneers--Northwestern States--Diaries
Smith, Asa Bowen, 1809-1886--Correspondence
Pioneers--Northwestern States--Correspondence
Missionaries--Northwestern States--Correspondence
Women Missionaries--Northwestern States--Diaries
Synopsis
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.
Uncertainty and conflict as well as willpower and endurance mark the story of the ...
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.
Uncertainty and conflict as well as willpower and endurance mark the story of the Oregon Mission and its charismatic, though contentious, missionaries. Simply getting to Oregon in the 1830s was a feat. Once they arrived, their efforts were doomed by their inability to agree on strategies for converting the Nez Perce and Spokane Indians.
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.
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Table of contents
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- Title Page 3
- Introduction to the Bison Books Edition 5
- Contents 10
- Illustrations 12
- Sources and Acknowledgments 13
- Preface 17
- Biographical Sketches Of Asa Bowen Smith And Sarah Gilbert White To March 1838 23
- Diary of Sarah White Smith - March 16, 1838 to September 14, 1838 59
- Introduction 61
- Home Letters of Asa Bowen Smith - March 20, 1838 to February 3, 1842 127
- Introduction 129
- Hawaii and Home Again 211
- Journal of William Henry Gray - May 24 to July 10, 1838 231
- Introduction 233
- Diary of Elkanah Walker - March 7 to May 15, 1838 251
- Introduction 253
- Title Page 3
- Introduction to the Bison Books Edition 5
- Contents 10
- Illustrations 12
- Sources and Acknowledgments 13
- Preface 17
- Biographical Sketches Of Asa Bowen Smith And Sarah Gilbert White To March 1838 23
- Diary of Sarah White Smith - March 16, 1838 to September 14, 1838 59
- Introduction 61
- Home Letters of Asa Bowen Smith - March 20, 1838 to February 3, 1842 127
- Introduction 129
- Hawaii and Home Again 211
- Journal of William Henry Gray - May 24 to July 10, 1838 231
- Introduction 233
- Diary of Elkanah Walker - March 7 to May 15, 1838 251
- Introduction 253
- Letter from Cornelius Rogers - From the Rendezvous, July 3, 1838 267
- A New Letter of Marcus Whitman - May 31, 1844 277
- Introduction 279
- Reminiscences of Cushing Eells 289
- First White Women Over the Rockies Was It Wise? 305
- Bibliography and Index 319
- Bibliography 320
- Index 325