The mountains we have crossed : diaries and letters of the Oregon Mission, 1838 /

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 jealousie...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Smith, Sarah Gilbert White, 1813-1855, Smith, Asa Bowen, 1809-1886, Drury, Clifford Merrill, 1897-1984
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©1999.
Temas:
Smith, Sarah Gilbert White, > 1813-1855 > Diaries.
Smith, Asa Bowen, > 1809-1886 > Correspondence.
Smith, Asa Bowen, > 1809-1886
Smith, Sarah Gilbert White, > 1813-1855
1800-1899
Women pioneers > Northwestern States > Diaries.
Women missionaries > Northwestern States > Diaries.
Pioneers > Northwestern States > Correspondence.
Missionaries > Northwestern States > Correspondence.
Overland journeys to the Pacific.
Missions > Oregon > History > 19th century.
Indians of North America > Missions > Oregon > History > 19th century.
Pionnières > États-Unis (Nord-Ouest) > Journaux intimes.
Femmes missionnaires > États-Unis (Nord-Ouest) > Journaux intimes.
Pionniers > États-Unis (Nord-Ouest) > Correspondance.
Missionnaires > États-Unis (Nord-Ouest) > Correspondance.
Voyages par terre jusqu'au Pacifique.
Missions > Oregon > Histoire > 19e siècle.
HISTORY > State & Local.
Indians of North America > Missions.
Missionaries.
Missions.
Pioneers.
Women missionaries.
Women pioneers.
Oregon Territory > History.
Oregon (Territoire) > Histoire.
United States > Oregon Territory
Oregon.
United States > Northwestern States.
Diaries.
History.
Personal correspondence.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Discovery of the New Diary and Letters 18
  • Significance of the New Material 21
  • The Smiths
  • Biographical Sketches to 1838
  • Asa Bowen Smith 25
  • Sarah Gilbert White 33
  • Appointed by the American Board 34
  • Destination Oregon 47
  • Marriage and Departure 52
  • Diary of Sarah White Smith, March 1838 to September 1839 61
  • Westport to Fort Laramie 70
  • Fort Laramie to the Rendezvous of 1838 79
  • Fort Hall to Waiilatpu 100
  • Crowded Waiilatpu 110
  • The Move to Kamiah 118
  • Home Letters of Asa Bowen Smith, 1838-1842 129
  • Westport to Fort Hall 142
  • Frustrations at Waiilatpu and Kamiah 156
  • Letters from Sarah Smith to Mary Walker 178
  • Discouragement and Departure from Kamiah 185
  • Hawaii and Home Again
  • Three Years in Hawaii 213
  • Return to the States and Closing Years 225
  • William Henry Gray
  • With Whitman, 1836, and Return for Reenforcements 233
  • Report from the Rendezvous 237
  • Gray's Journal and Financial Report of 1838 240
  • Gray's "A History of Oregon" 247
  • Elkanah Walker
  • Introduction to the Diary, March to May 1838 253
  • The Diary
  • To the Rocky Mountains 254
  • Cornelius Rogers
  • Biographical Sketch 269
  • Letter of July 3, 1838 271
  • Rendezvous 274
  • Climate and Productions 275
  • Marcus Whitman
  • Introduction to Whitman's Letter 279
  • A New Whitman Letter to Smith, May 31, 1844 286
  • Cushing Eells
  • Reminiscences of Overland Travel, 1838 291
  • The Overland Trip for Women
  • Was it Wise?
  • Those Approving 307
  • Those Opposed 310
  • The Judgment of Others 314
  • Beginnings of Oregon Emigration 316.

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