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- catalog abstract "Narcissa Whitman and her husband, Marcus, were pioneer missionaries to the Cayuse Indians in Oregon Territory. Very much a child of the Second Great Awakening, Narcissa eagerly the burgeoning evangelical missionary movement. Following her marriage to Marcus Whitman, she spent most of 1836 traveling overland with him to Oregon. Narcissa enthusiastically began service as a missionary there, hoping to see many "benighted" Indians adopt her message of salvation through Christ. But not one Indian ever did. Cultural barriers that Narcissa never grasped effectively kept her at arm's length from the Cayuse. Gradually abandoning her efforts with the Indians, Narcissa developed a different ministry. She taught and counseled whites on the mission compound, much as she had done in her own church circles in New York. Meanwhile, the growing number of eastern emigrants streaming into the territory posed an increasing threat to the Indians. The Cayuse ultimately took murderous action against the Whitmans, the most visible whites, thus ending dramatically Narcissa's eleven-year effort to be a faithful Christian missionary as well as a devoted wife and loving mother. --From publisher's description.".
- catalog contributor b3379475.
- catalog created "c1991.".
- catalog date "1991".
- catalog date "c1991.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1991.".
- catalog description "Her mother's own soul -- When will the work be done? How? By whom? -- Was there ever a journey like this? -- Alone, in the thick darkness of heathendom -- I am entirely unfitted for the work -- As happy a family as the world affords -- Their bones scattered upon the plains.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "Narcissa Whitman and her husband, Marcus, were pioneer missionaries to the Cayuse Indians in Oregon Territory. Very much a child of the Second Great Awakening, Narcissa eagerly the burgeoning evangelical missionary movement. Following her marriage to Marcus Whitman, she spent most of 1836 traveling overland with him to Oregon. Narcissa enthusiastically began service as a missionary there, hoping to see many "benighted" Indians adopt her message of salvation through Christ. But not one Indian ever did. Cultural barriers that Narcissa never grasped effectively kept her at arm's length from the Cayuse. Gradually abandoning her efforts with the Indians, Narcissa developed a different ministry. She taught and counseled whites on the mission compound, much as she had done in her own church circles in New York. Meanwhile, the growing number of eastern emigrants streaming into the territory posed an increasing threat to the Indians. The Cayuse ultimately took murderous action against the Whitmans, the most visible whites, thus ending dramatically Narcissa's eleven-year effort to be a faithful Christian missionary as well as a devoted wife and loving mother. --From publisher's description.".
- catalog extent "xvii, 238 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0806123591 (alk. paper)".
- catalog isPartOf "The Oklahoma western biographies ; v. 3".
- catalog issued "1991".
- catalog issued "c1991.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Norman : University of Oklahoma Press,".
- catalog spatial "Washington (State)".
- catalog subject "979.7/02/092 B 20".
- catalog subject "Cayuse Indians Missions.".
- catalog subject "E99.C32 W474 1991".
- catalog subject "Missionaries Washington (State) Biography.".
- catalog subject "Whitman Massacre, 1847.".
- catalog subject "Whitman, Narcissa Prentiss, 1808-1847.".
- catalog subject "Women missionaries Washington (State) Biography.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Her mother's own soul -- When will the work be done? How? By whom? -- Was there ever a journey like this? -- Alone, in the thick darkness of heathendom -- I am entirely unfitted for the work -- As happy a family as the world affords -- Their bones scattered upon the plains.".
- catalog title "Converting the West : a biography of Narcissa Whitman / by Julie Roy Jeffrey.".
- catalog type "Biography. fast".
- catalog type "text".