Oregon ross edward c (1 Ergebnisse)

70pp. 8vo. 70pp. 8vo. Articles by E.C. Ross, Rev. M. Eels, and W.H. Gray in reply to Mrs. F.F. Victor and Elwood Evans, whose contributions appeared in the Oregonian of November 7th and December 26th, 1884, respectively. In the decades following the 1847 massacre of Marcus Whitman, his wife and 11 missionaries at the junction of the Walla Walla and Mill Creek by Cayuse Indians, Whitman's role in the settlement of Oregon and the expansion of the West was grossly inflated. Spurred by false claims by Rev. Spaulding, the historical narrative emerged that Whitman had travelled cross country to Washington to warn of the dangers of both the British and Catholics and that it was a conspiracy of those groups that led to the massacre. Smith 8788 Publisher's blue wrappers, minor chips and edge tears. A few edge tears in the rear. Partially effaced ink stamp in lower margin of title.…