WHITMAN, MARCUS

1802–47, American pioneer and missionary in the Oregon country, b. Federal Hollow (later Rushville), N.Y. In 1836 he left a country medical practice to go West as a missionary for the joint Presbyterian-Congregationalist board. With his wife, Narcissa Prentiss Whitman, and others, he crossed from Missouri to the Columbia River country and founded a mission at Waiilatpu (now in Whitman Mission National Historic Site, near Walla Walla, Wash.). Disagreement among the missionaries and a board order (1842) to curtail their work led Whitman to ride back across the continent on horseback during the winter of 1842–43 to settle the various disputes. He was successful and returned with the "great emigration" of 1843 over the Oregon Trail. The Cayuse around Waiilatpu, never friendly, grew more hostile, and on Nov. 29, 1847, they attacked the mission and killed Whitman, his wife, and others. Later, there was argument as to whether Whitman made his ride of 1842–43 in order to "save" Oregon from the British, the boundary still being in dispute. However, this "Whitman legend" has been discredited.

See biographies by N. Jones (1959, repr. 1968) and C. M. Drury (1937, and 2 vol., 1973).

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books on: Whitman Marcus  - 397 results

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To Walt Whitman, America
Book by Kenneth M. Price; University of North Carolina Press, 2004
Subjects: National Characteristics, American, In Literature, United States--In Literature, Whitman, Walt--1819-1892--Appreciation--United States, Whitman, Walt--1819-1892--Criticism And Interpretation--History, Whitman, Walt--1819-1892--Knowledge--United States
...American Bund. See Sheldon Marcus, Father Coughlin: The Tumultuous...that the notions expressed by Whitman were far distant from American...Another person protested that the Whitman lines advanced a strictly pagan...With his flowing beard, Whitman resembles a composite of Karl...
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Revised Lives: Walt Whitman and Nineteenth-Century Authorship
Book by William Pannapacker; Routledge, 2004
Subjects: American Literature--19th Century--History And Criticism, Autobiography, Ethnicity In Literature, Group Identity In Literature, Identity (Psychology) In Literature, Literature And Society--United States--History--19th Century, Religion And Literature--United States--History--19th Century, Self In Literature, Sex Role In Literature, Whitman, Walt--1819-1892--Criticism And Interpretation
...George Allen, 1913. Root, Marcus Aurelius. The Camera and the...Comrades: Lancashires Links to Walt Whitman." Walt Whitman Quarterly Review 14.2-3...Saunders, Henry S. Parodies on Walt Whitman . New York: American Library...
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Walt Whitman, the Man and the Poet
Book by James Thomson, Bertram Dobell; The Editor, 1910
Subjects: Poets, American--19th Century--Biography, Whitman, Walt--1819-1892
...we shall presently find that Whitman had been anticipated. "Woman the equal of man"--does Whitman really teach this? It may...but was not that taught by Marcus Aurelius, Socrates, and many...Wordsworth teach us that long before Whitman was born? And so I might
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Walt Whitman
Book by Hugh Fausset I'Anson; Yale University Press, 1942
Subjects: Poetry, Whitman, Walt--1819-1892
...more than an imperturbable optimism. Yet the acceptance that Whitman proclaimed was large and manifold, and Symonds was so weary...completing what had been conceived in the Hymn of Cleanthes, Marcus Aurelius, Giordano Bruno, and Goethe. While he was a little...
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Walt Whitman
Book by Frederik Schyberg, Evie Allison Allen; Columbia University Press, 1966
Subjects: Whitman, Walt--1819-1892
...Wiesbaden, 1928. Gran, Gerhard, Norsk Aandsliv i 100 Aar Norwegian Spiritual Life for 100 Years . Gronbech, Wilhelm, and Aage Marcus, Mystik og Mystikere Mysticism and Mystics . Copenhagen, 1930. Huch, Ricarda, Ausbreitung und Verfall der Romantik . Leipzig...
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Reading Whitman, Growing Up Rock 'n' Roll
Journal article by David Haven Blake; The Virginia Quarterly Review, Vol. 81, 2005
Subjects: Poetry, Poets, Popular culture, Rock music, Whitman, Walt (1819-92)
...beginning of his career, Whitman emphasized the similarly...for the Italian opera, Whitman anticipated a different...borrow a phrase from Greil Marcus, the native grand opera...Mystery Train, Greil Marcus writes, "No rock n...creating them as well. As Whitman put it in 1855, "The...
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Promises Past: Marcus Atilius Regulus and the Dialogue of Natural Law
Journal article by William R. Nifong; Duke Law Journal, Vol. 49, 2000
Subjects: Natural law--Interpretation and construction, Roman law--History, Rome (Ancient)--History, United Nations. International Criminal Court--Powers and duties
...dialogue, I offer the wisdom of Walt Whitman: "Law is the unshakable order of the...institutions.(78) In his ode eulogizing Marcus Atilius Regulus, the Roman poet Horace...24 (citation omitted). (58.) WALT WHITMAN, Democratic Vistas, in COMPLETE POETRY...
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The State of Research on Pacific Northwest Women
Journal article by Karen J. Blair; Frontiers - A Journal of Women's Studies, Vol. 22, 2001
Subjects: Pacific Northwest--History, Women--History
...Protestant missionaries, especially Narcissa Prentiss Whitman; pioneer homesteaders, with special affection...and better press from researchers than Narcissa Whitman, the wife of Dr. Marcus Whitman. Together, they established a Protestant mission...
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Writing from a Sense of Place
Journal article by Paul Lindholdt; Journal of Environmental Education, Vol. 30, 1999
Subjects: Environmental Education
...plant, came over the mountains alongside the Reverend Marcus Whitman. Such "sodbusters," spurred by Manifest Destiny...The Indians despised them, too, and finally murdered Whitman and his wife. Karen learns how many acres they cleared...
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From a Distance: Joining the Mind and Moral Character
Journal article by Christy Folsom; Roeper Review, Vol. 20, 1998
Subjects: Gifted children--Study and teaching, Moral education--Study and teaching
...guy? He was a killer. He annihilated the Indians. I dont think he was that neat," offered one fifth-grader. Marcus Whitman, an early missionary settler of Washington state, received a similarly negative review. "The Indians killed him...
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Marcus Amerman
Magazine article by Dottie Indyke; Southwest Art, Vol. 30, January 2001
Marcus Amerman by Dottie Indyke Bead artist Marcus Amerman sits in a comfortable chair...inspiration. When he was 10, Marcus thought a beaded belt made by his...Until he took a sculpture class at Whitman College in Walla Walla, WA, he...
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American Salute
Magazine article by Benjamin J. Stein; The American Spectator, Vol. 37, May 2004
Subjects: Colleges & universities, Las Vegas Nevada, Orlando Florida, Public speaking, Schedules, Walla Walla Washington, Whitman College-Walla Walla WA
...am about to give a speech at Whitman College, thanks in large part...I have been warned that at Whitman College there are almost no...took their revenge by killing Marcus Whitman and his family, founders...magnificent small hotel suite at the Marcus Whitman, a renovated hotel...
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Computational Models of Narrative: Review of the Workshop
Magazine article by Mark A. Finlayson, Whitman Richards, Patrick H. Winston; AI Magazine, Vol. 31, Summer 2010
Subjects: Annual meetings, Cognition & reasoning, Espionage, Narratives, Social interaction
...Narrative: Review of the Workshop by Mark A. Finlayson , Whitman Richards , Patrick H. Winston Narratives are ubiquitous in...of annotated narratives, analogous to the Penn Treebank (Marcus, Marcinkiewicz, and Santorini 1993). A Three-Level Organization...
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Fleet Submarines on the China Patrol
Magazine article by Edward C. Whitman; Sea Classics, Vol. 38, January 2005
Fleet Submarines on the China Patrol by Edward C. Whitman With the "opening" of China to the West in the early 18th...fire, including the commanding officer, Lt. jg. Arnold Marcus, who stayed at the helm in an attempt to beach the ship...
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Protector of the Nez Perce: Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce Tribe Excelled as a Military Strategist, Courageously Fought as a Warrior, and Valiantly Protected Those Entrusted to His Care
Magazine article by William Norman Grigg; The New American, Vol. 18, July 15, 2002
Subjects: Nez Perces--History, United States history--19th century AD
...copy of the Bible, reverently called "The Book" by the Nez Perce. Four years later, Christian missionaries Marcus Whitman and Marcus Harmon Spalding, along with their wives, arrived in Nez Perce country. "Spalding recognized that the Christian...
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Football: Marcus Fires-Up Mighty Lambs; TAMWORTH 5 GRESLEY 0
Newspaper article; Birmingham Evening Mail (England), January 17, 2005
Subjects: Smith, Nick
Football: Marcus Fires-Up Mighty Lambs...strikers Bob Taylor and Tris Whitman drew a blank and it was left...midfield to do the damage. Marcus Ebdon notched his first hat...testing Belford and then two Whitman efforts were comfortably...
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Football: WHAT A WHIT! Tamworth ...........2 Halifax ............. 1 CONFERENCE PREMIER Fledging Boss Who Was Influential in Midfield Alongside Marcus Ebdon
Newspaper article; Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England), August 15, 2004
...PREMIER Fledging Boss Who Was Influential in Midfield Alongside Marcus Ebdon. TAMWORTH player-boss Mark Cooper launched his managerial...setback only galvanised the determined Lambs into action. Tris Whitman was the star of the show after rejoining the club on Thursday...
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Football: Lambs on Fire; Conference Premier
Newspaper article; Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England), August 29, 2004
...the Lamb. Two goals from Tris Whitman and singles from Marcus Ebdon and Neil Ross eased Mark...in the Conference. Dangerman Whitman was a constant menace to the...Gould. The quick-thinking Whitman seized on the loose ball before...
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Football: Brown Joins Tamworth as Cooper Looks for Shake-Up; NATIONWIDE CONFERENCE
Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), September 25, 2004
...stop the rot. Cooper will play against former club Exeter after he postponed an ankle operation, but Tris Whitman, Adie Smith and Marcus Ebdon are sidelined. Lee Colkin faces a fitness test on a calf problem.
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Football: Cooper Delight at Quality of Display; NATIONWIDE CONFERENCE
Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), August 30, 2004
...Cooper. Two goals from Tris Whitman plus strikes from skipper Marcus Ebdon and on-loan Neil Ross...Eve-of-season signings Whitman and Ross posed headaches all...point in their four matches. Whitman, signed from Scarborough...
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Whitman, Marcus
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
WHITMAN, MARCUS 1802 47, American pioneer and missionary...board. With his wife, Narcissa Prentiss Whitman, and others, he crossed from Missouri...founded a mission at Waiilatpu (now in Whitman Mission National Historic Site, near...
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Whitman Mission National Historic Site
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
WHITMAN MISSION NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE see National Parks and Monuments (table); Whitman, Marcus . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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Washington , State, United States
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Cascades National Park , Fort Vancouver and Whitman Mission national historic sites, and...Washington Univ., at Bellingham; and Whitman College, at Walla Walla. History European...the area north of the Columbia. Marcus Whitman established (1836) a mission at Waiilatpu...
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Walla Walla
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Wallula in 1818; the mission of Marcus Whitman was built (1836) nearby modern...Engineers. It is also the seat of Whitman College, Walla Walla Univ., and the state penitentiary. The Whitman mission nearby has been restored...
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National Parks and Monuments
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...30) Home and studio of the American impressionist painter J. Alden Weir. Whitman Mission HS SW Wash. 1936 98 (40) Site of the mission of Dr. Marcus Whitman . William Howard Taft HS SW Ohio 1969 3 (1) Birthplace and early home of President...
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