Copyright © 1966 by the Arthur H. Clark Company

Introduction to the Bison Books Edition © 1999 by the University of
Nebraska Press

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Manufactured in the United States of America

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

The mountains we have crossed: diaries and letters of the Oregon Mission,
1838 / introductions and editorial notes by Clifford Merrill Drury; introduc-
tion to the Bison Books edition by Bonnie Sue Lewis.

p. cm.

Originally published as v. 3 of. First white women over the Rockies. Glendale,
Calif.: A.H. Clark, 1966.

Consists of the diary of Sarah White Smith and letters of Asa B. Smith, and
other documents relating to the 1838 reenforcement to the Oregon Mission.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 0-8032-6621-9 (pbk.: alk. paper)

1. Women pioneers--Northwestern States Diaries. 2. Women missionar-
ies--Northwestern States Diaries. 3. Pioneers--Northwestern States
Correspondence. 4. Missionaries--Northwestern States Correspondence.
5. Smith, Sarah Gilbert White, 1813-1855 Diaries. 6. Smith, Asa Bowen,
1809-1886 Correspondence. 7. Overland journeys to the Pacific.
8. Oregon--History--To 1859. 9. Missions--Oregon--History--19th
century. 10. Indians of North America--Mission--Oregon--History--19th
century. I. Smith, Sarah Gilbert White, 1813-1855. II. Smith, Asa Bowen,
1809-1886. III. Drury, Clifford Merrill, 1897- IV. First white women
over the Rockies. Volume 3.

F597.M78 1999

978′.02′082--dc21

99-23583 CIP

IN DEDICATION

This volume, together with the seven preceding volumes
on this subject, was written to keep alive the memory of
thirteen intrepid men and women who, inspired by the
high ideal of civilizing and Christianizing the natives,
dared to venture across the Rocky Mountains into the
Oregon country where they established
homes, schools, and churches.

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