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Articles related to "Narcissa"
Narcissa Prentiss Whitman, part 2 Henry Spalding and Narcissa Prentiss learn that missionaries are needed to administer to the Indians. Both need a mate before they can become missionaries. Henry needs more education and becomes engaged. whitman • narcissa • prentiss • great • american
Narcissa Prentiss Whitman, part 5 The Whitmans meet the Spaldings in Cincinnati, Ohio. From there they travel by boat to St. Louis, Missouri. Eliza Spalding is still ill after miscarrying. Spalding proceeds to correct what he considers Narcissa’s bad character. whitman • spalding • narcissa • marcus • henry
Narcissa Prentiss Whitman, part 1 Narcissa Prentiss desires to go to the Far West to start a mission for the western Indians. Henry Spalding, also, aspires to this aim. Narcissa must have a husband who also desires to become a missionary to the Indians. Spalding needs a wife to take with him. He sets his attentions on Narcissa. whitman • narcissa • prentiss • great • american
Narcissa Prentiss Whitman, part 10. The Whitmans and Spaldings leave rendezvous in the company of Mr. John McLeod of Hudson’s Bay Company to travel to their final destination. They cross the difficult Blue Mountains into Oregon Country. whitman • spalding • rendezvous • blue mountains • columbia
Narcissa Prentiss Whitman, part 11 The Whitmans build their mission to the Cayuse Indians at Waiilatpu, known as the Place of the Rye Grass. Their daughter is born and drowns in the river. After an epidemic of black measles the Cayuse attack the mission and kill the Whitmans and others. whitman • spalding • waiilatpu • rye grass • walla walla
Narcissa Prentiss Whitman, part 3 Miss Linsley breaks her engagement with Henry Spalding who then meets and marries Eliza Hart. Narcissa Prentiss still has not found a husband to take her to the Far West as a missionary. whitman • narcissa • prentiss • eliza • hart
Narcissa Prentiss Whitman, part 4. Eliza and Henry Spalding get married. Eliza has a stillborn child. Narcissa Prentiss and Doctor Whitman meet and become engaged. Whitman make a second trip west to select a location for a mission. The Spaldings decide to go west with the Whitmans before Henry finds out that Narcissa is to be Whitman’s bride. whitman • narcissa • marcus • prentiss • spalding
Narcissa Prentiss Whitman, part 6 The Whitmans and Spaldings travel up the Missouri River to the town of Liberty. On the way they are joined by other missionaries. There is a death, a funeral, and a wedding before they leave Liberty. Spalding is kicked by a mule, dunked in the river by a cow, and has his tent and bedding blown away. whitman • spalding • missouri • river • liberty
Narcissa Prentiss Whitman, part 7 The missionaries, on the edge of Pawnee country, split up. One half of the group hurries on to catch up with Fitzpatrick’s fur caravan and encounters considerable trouble. After reaching the fur company Narcissa has her first taste of buffalo and writes home, describing their dining arrangements. whitman • spalding • fitzpatrick • nez perce • pawnee
Narcissa Prentiss Whitman, part 8 The Whitmans and the Spaldings, along with the fur company, reach Fort Laramie. Here the women are able to wash clothing for the first time since leaving Missouri and all are delighted to enjoy a brief respite from travel and a semblance of civilization. whitman • narcissa • marcus • spalding • henry
Narcissa Prentiss Whitman, part 9 The Whitman and Spalding missionary party, with the fur caravan, reach the mountain man rendezvous on Green River. They are received with a wild uproarious greeting by such as Joe Meek and hundreds of Indians from various tribes but find that Reverend Samuel Parker, who was to lead them the rest of the way, is missing. whitman • spalding • rendezvous • 1836 • nez perce
The Sagers Go West, part 15 The measles continues to plague both whites and Indians. The whites are recovering but the Indians are dying at the rate of five or six a day, both children and adults. Nearly half of the tribe was now gone. The Indians begin plotting Dr. Whitmans’ death. Soon the attack begins. sager • whitman • bridger • meek • oregon
The Sagers Go West, part 16 The Whitman Mission is attack by Indians. The Whitmans are killed as well as the two Sager boys. Many white children and adults are held captive on the mission grounds for a month. Both Louise Sager and Helen Mar Meek die due to measles. sager • whitman • bridger • meek • tamsucky
The Whitman Massacre In the early 19th century, the missionaries were the first white men to settle in the Pacific Northwest. They came to Christianize the Indians. The mission set up by Dr. Marcus Whitman, was one of the first. Unfortunately, an Indian uprising ended its short life. marcus whitman • narcissa whitman • cayuse • peu-peu-mox-mox • walla walla
The Sagers Go West, part 9 Captain Shaw leads the wagon train over the treacherous Blue Mountains. After traveling another some three hundred miles they arrive at the Whitman Mission. Mrs. Whitman agrees to take the girls in but refuses the boys until Dr. Whitman declares that he wants them. sager • whitman • shaw • mission • oregon
Daniel Boone Goes to Kentucky In 1773, Daniel Boone left North Carolina to discover what there was in Kentucky. A woman gives birth along the Oregon Trail. daniel boone • kentucky • giving birth along the trail • oregon trail • missionaries narcissa whitman and eliza spalding
The Ladies Musical Club of Seattle During the early 1900s, women's music clubs proliferated across the United States. In the Pacific Northwest, women established the Seattle Ladies Musical Club in 1891. women's music clubs • ladies musical club of seattle • seattle music organizations • mary carr moore and narcissa • women's history and the pacific northwest
The Sagers Go West, part 8 Captain Shaw leads the wagon train over the treacherous Blue Mountains. After traveling another some three hundred miles they arrive at the Whitman Mission. Mrs. Whitman agrees to take the girls in but refuses the boys until Dr. Whitman declares that he wants them. sager • whitman • shaw • mission • oregon
Davenport and Halfway Covenant Davenport’s congregation divides over religious issues causing a split that created the Third Church, later better known as the Old South Church. john davenport • halfway covenant • sacrament of the eucharist • early religious issues • congregational church
The Sagers Go West, part 13 The Cayuse Indians wants the missionaries to move away. The Whitmans consider moving, then Oregon country is made a part of the United States. Artist Paul Kane visits the mission. He sketches the Indians who become very angry at him for doing so. One Indian woman thinks Kane has stolen her soul. Some five thousand people are now headed for Oregon, bringing many new wonders with them--and some that was anything but wonderful. sager • whitman • oregon • cayuse • indians
America’s Westward Expansion It began in the early 1840s, in a time when the east was filled with people and the west, with land. America's westward expansion was said to be our destiny. Was it? america's westward expansion • westward expansion • manifest destiny • oregon trail • oregon territory
The Sagers Go West, part 17 The Indians hold the white prisoners captive on the Whitman Mission grounds for some thirty days until they are ransomed by Peter Skene Ogden of the Hudson’s Bay Company. sager • whitman • bridger • meek • tamsucky
The Sagers Go West, part 10 Doctor and Mrs. Whitman decide to keep all of the Sager children. The infant Rosanna is returned to her family. The school at the mission is opened and Frank Sager causes considerable distraction with his antics. He often stays with the Indians, learning their language. From his Indian friends he learns that most of the Cayuse do not like Doctor and Mrs. Whitman. sager • whitman • mission • oregon • cayuse
Stories and Nursery Rhymes Elizabeth, now a real Grandma Goose, entertains her grandchildren with song and stories, but ruffles her son-in-law's feathers. grandma goose • folklore • fairy tales • myths • nursery rhymes
Sam Colt’s Exploding Raft Sam Colt's exploding 4th of July raft becomes a disaster. His father packs him off to school but it seems Sam is still not through exploding things. samuel colt • guns • firearms • gunpowder • galvanic battery
They Headed West America's Westward Expansion is triggered by Lewis and Clark and continued by mountain men, missionaries, and explorers. Gold is discovered in California. america’s westward expansion • lewis and clark • zebulon pike • california gold rush • exploring the pacific northwest
AMAZING GRACE AND COURAGE After the tragic events of September 11, 2001 in New York City, Washington, D.C., and the Pennsylvania countryside we must strive to move forward into the future with the strength of our pioneer forefathers who traveled west and settled the Great American Plains. new york • washington • d.c. • pennsylvania • great american plains
The Sagers Go West, part 11 Frank Sager continues his battle with the school teacher. Mrs. Whitman declares there will be no Christmas because it is a pagan holiday. By spring Frank has had enough and runs away. The son of a Walla Walla chief is killed by white men and the Indians declare they will kill Doctor Whitman and one of Hudson’s Bay chief factors. sager • whitman • walla walla • cayuse • spokanes
Historical July, part 2 Although the American Independents Day is the primary event celebrated in July many other historical events also occurred in July such as the Donner Party deciding to split off from their main group and the Whitman-Spalding party of missionaries reaching Independents Rock. july • independents • fireworks • america • united states
The Sagers Go West, part 12 Dr. Whitman has his grist mill running until the Indian Chief Tomahas becomes angry because he can not have his grain milled first and stuffs the hopper with sticks. Elizabeth Sager goes fishing and an Indian boy takes her fish away from her. A half-breed, Tom Hill, makes the boy return the fish. Hill, an educated and English-speaking Indian begins to cause unrest among the Cayuse. Though the Indians seem peaceful, Tomahas is heard saying that the Indians want the whites to leave. sager • whitman • walla walla • mission • oregon
The Sagers Go West, part 14 In the fall of 1847 some five thousand people were expected to cross the plains. As the wagons begin to arrive at the mission it is discovered that many of them contain children who are sick with measles. Soon the illness is running ramped amongst the Indians who have no means to fight off the disease. sager • whitman • oregon • the dalles • umatilla
THOMAS FITZPATRICK AND SOUTH PASS Thomas Fitzpatrick arrives in St. Louis, Missouri and joins William Ashley’s fur trapping party. They start up the Missouri River but are forced to go overland. Fitzpatrick with Jed Smith and others discover South Pass. mountain • men • fur • trappers • fitzpatrick |
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