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The Mountains We Have Crossed - Diaries and Letters of the Oregon Mission, 1838 (Paperback)
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The Mountains We Have Crossed - Diaries and Letters of the Oregon Mission, 1838 (Paperback)
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Four newlywed 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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