See also:

• MARCUS

MARCUS See also:

• MARCUS WHITMAN (1802-1847)
• WHITMAN, WALT (1819-1892)

WHITMAN (1802-1847)  , See also:

• AMERICAN

American missionary and See also:

• PIONEER

pioneer, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Rushville, New See also:

• YORK
• YORK (HOUSE OF)
• YORK, EDMUND OF LANGLEY, DUKE OF (1341-1402)
• YORK, EDWARD
• YORK, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS, DUKE OF (1763-1827)
• YORK, RICHARD, DUKE

York, on the 4th of See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1802 . He studied See also:

• MEDICINE

medicine at See also:

• PITTSFIELD

Pittsfield, See also:

• MASSACHUSETTS (an Indian name, originally applied to a tribe of Indians)

Massachusetts, and practised in See also:

• CANADA

Canada and in See also:

• WHEELER, JOSEPH (1836-1906)
• WHEELER, WILLIAM ALMON (1819-1887)

Wheeler, See also:

• STEUBEN, FREDERICK WILLIAM AUGUSTUS HENRY FERDINAND, BARON VON (1730–1794)

Steuben See also:

• COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county, New York . In 1834 he was accepted by the American See also:

• BOARD (O. Eng. bord)

Board of Commissioners for See also:

• FOREIGN

Foreign See also:

• MISSIONS (Lat. missio, a sending)

Missions for missionary See also:

• WORK

work among the American See also:

• INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN

Indians, and was assigned to the See also:

• OREGON

Oregon territory, then under the See also:

• JOINT (through Fr. from Lat. junctum, jungere, to join)

joint occupation of See also:

• GREAT

Great See also:

• BRITAIN (Gr. Hperavuml vi7vot, Bperravia; Lat. Britannia, rarely Britannia)

Britain and the See also:

• UNITED

United States . He set out See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early in 1835, but returned almost immediately II to secure other workers . In See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1836 he married and in See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March again crossed the See also:

• CONTINENT (from Lat. continere, "to hold together "; hence " connected," " continuous ")

continent, accompanied by his wife, Rev. and Mrs H . H . See also:

• SPALDING
• SPALDING, WILLIAM (1809-1859)

Spalding and W . H . See also:

• GRAY
• GRAY (or GREY), WALTER DE (d. 1255)
• GRAY, ASA (1810-1888)
• GRAY, DAVID (1838-1861)
• GRAY, ELISHA (1835-1901)
• GRAY, HENRY PETERS (1819-18/7)
• GRAY, HORACE (1828–1902)
• GRAY, JOHN DE (d. 1214)
• GRAY, JOHN EDWARD (1800–1875)
• GRAY, PATRICK GRAY, 6TH BARON (d. 1612)
• GRAY, ROBERT (1809-1872)
• GRAY, SIR THOMAS (d. c. 1369)
• GRAY, THOMAS (1716-1771)

Gray, and settled at Waiilatpu, near the See also:

• PRESENT

present Walla Walla, See also:

• WASHINGTON
• WASHINGTON (or WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE)
• WASHINGTON, BOOKER TALIAFERRO (c. 1859– )
• WASHINGTON, BUSHROD (1762-1829)
• WASHINGTON, GEORGE (1732-1799)

Washington . Dissensions which arose among the missionaries and their apparent lack of success led to a See also:

• RESOLUTION

resolution (February 1842) of the Prudential See also:

• COMMITTEE (from commute, an Anglo-Fr. past participle of commettre, Lat. committere, to entrust; the modern Fr. equivalent comite is derived from the Eng.)

Committee of the Board to abandon the See also:

• SOUTHERN

southern station . With the consent of his associates, Dr See also:

• WHITMAN, MARCUS (1802-1847)
• WHITMAN, WALT (1819-1892)

Whitman started from the station (3rd See also:

• OCTOBER

October 1842) on the perilous See also:

• WINTER, JOHN STRANGE
• WINTER, PETER (c. 1755-1825)

winter See also:

• JOURNEY (through O. Fr. jornee or journee, mod. Fr. journee, from med. Lat. diurnata, Lat. diurnus, of or belonging to dies, day)

journey over the Rocky Mountains and across the plains for the missionary headquarters at See also:

• BOSTON
• BOSTON, THOMAS (1676-1732)

Boston, to urge the revocation of the See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order . He visited New York and Washington also to enlist help and sympathy .

On his return journey he joined a considerable See also:

• BODY

body of emigrants on their way to Oregon and piloted them across the mountains . The See also:

• MISSION

mission, however, gained the See also:

• ILL

ill-will of the Indians, and, on the 29th of October 1847 Dr and Mrs Whitman and twelve others were killed, and the station was broken up . On the 16th of See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1864 the statement was published, on the authority of Mr Spalding, that the purpose of Dr Whitman s ride, twenty-two years before, was to prevent the cession of the territory to Great Britain . The See also:

• STORY, JOHN (c. 1510-1571)
• STORY, JOSEPH (1779-1845)
• STORY, ROBERT HERBERT (1835-1907)
• STORY, WILLIAM WETMORE (1819—1895)

story was amplified by Spalding and Gray in 1865, 1866 and 187o, and in its final See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form declared that Whitman learned at the See also:

• BRITISH

British fort Walla Walla in September 1842 that a large number of British settlers were expected, and that it was hoped that the treaty then supposed to he in See also:

• PROCESS

process of negotiation between See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

Lord See also:

• ASHBURTON
• ASHBURTON, ALEXANDER BARING
• ASHBURTON, JOHN DUNNING, 1ST

Ashburton and See also:

• DANIEL
• DANIEL (DANIL)
• DANIEL, BOOK
• DANIEL, GABRIEL (1649-1728)

Daniel See also:

• WEBSTER
• WEBSTER, ALEXANDER (1707-1784)
• WEBSTER, BENJAMIN NOTTINGHAM (1797-1882)
• WEBSTER, DANIEL (1782-1852)
• WEBSTER, JOHN (fl. 1602-1624)
• WEBSTER, NOAH (1758-1843)
• WEBSTER, THOMAS (1773-1844)
• WEBSTER, THOMAS (1800-1886)

Webster, Secretary of See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

State, would give the territory to the British . Thereupon Whitman made his way to Washington, and with much difficulty convinced Webster and See also:

• PRESIDENT (Fr. president, from Lat. praesidens, post-Augustan Lat. for praeses, director, ruler, from praesidere, to sit in front of, preside)

President See also:

• TYLER
• TYLER, JOHN (1790—1862)
• TYLER, MOSES COIT (1835—1900)
• TYLER, WAT [or WALTER] (d. 1381)

Tyler of the value of the See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country and prevented its ex-See also:

• CHANGE (derived through the Fr. from the Late Lat. cambium, cambiare, to barter; the ultimate derivation is probably from the root which appears in the Gr. «a urmu', to bend)

change for fishing privileges off See also:

• NEWFOUNDLAND

Newfoundland . This story has been widely disseminated, but See also:

• PROFESSOR (the Latin noun formed from the verb profiteri, to declare publicly, to acknowledge, profess)

Professor E . G . See also:

• BOURNE (southern form of burn, Teutonic born, bran, burna)
• BOURNE, or BOURN
• BOURNE, VINCENT (1695-1747)

Bourne and Mr W, I . See also:

• MARSHALL
• MARSHALL, ALFRED (1842– )
• MARSHALL, JOHN (1755–1835)
• MARSHALL, JOHN (1818-1891)
• MARSHALL, STEPHEN (c. 1594-1655)

Marshall independently investigated the whole question, and showed that there is no See also:

• EVIDENCE (Lat. evidentia, evideri, to appear clearly)

evidence that Dr Whitman influenced or attempted to See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence the State See also:

• DEPARTMENT (Fr. departement, from departir, to separate into parts)

Department . For the See also:

• PRO

pro-Whitman See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side, see W . H . Gray, Oregon (See also:

• PORTLAND
• PORTLAND, EARL OF
• PORTLAND, ISLE OF
• PORTLAND, WILLIAM BENTINCK, EARL
• PORTLAND, WILLIAM HENRY CAVENDISH BENTINCK

Portland, 1870) ; See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

William Barrows, Oregon (Boston, 1883) ; O .

W . See also:

• NIXON, JOHN (1815–1899)

Nixon, How See also:

• MARCUS

Marcus Whitman saved Oregon (See also:

• CHICAGO
• CHICAGO, UNIVERSITY OF

Chicago, 1895) ; W . A . Mowry, Marcus Whitman (New York, 19o1); See also:

• MYRON

Myron Eells, Marcus Whitman (See also:

• SEATTLE

Seattle, 1909) . On the other side see H . H . See also:

• BANCROFT, GEORGE (1800—1891)
• BANCROFT, HUBERT HOWE (1832– )
• BANCROFT, RICHARD (1544–161o)
• BANCROFT, SIR SQUIRE (1841– )

Bancroft, Oregon (See also:

• SAN

San Francisco, 1886–1888) ; E . G . Bourne, Essays in See also:

• HISTORICAL

Historical See also:

• CRITICISM
• CRITICISM (from the Gr. KpiTrlS, a judge, Kpivew, to decide, to give an authoritative opinion)

Criticism (New York, 1901); W . I . Marshall, See also:

• HISTORY

History v . The Whitman-saved-Oregon Story (Chicago, 1904) .