Whitman's Ride Through Savage Lands, with Sketches of Indian Life

Chapter 17: FOOTNOTES:

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About This Book

The narrative recounts the career and dramatic winter ride of a frontier missionary who traversed dangerous Indigenous territories to alert eastern officials to settlers' needs and American claims in the Oregon country. Interwoven are portraits of Indigenous life, pioneer travel, missionary domestic scenes, political negotiations in the capital, and the later massacre at the mission. The author blends eyewitness recollection, historical overview of territorial disputes, and personal sketches to follow events leading to memorialization and institutional remembrance on the frontier.

"Twilight and evening bell,
And after that the dark;
And may there be no sadness of farewell
When I embark.

"And though from out the bourne of Time and Place
The flood may bear me far,
I hope to see my Pilot face to face
When I have crossed the bar."

THE END.

FOOTNOTES:

[1] Years after, and just before Dr. Whitman's death, he purchased the old Methodist Mission at The Dalles. His later judgment justified his first impressions.

[2]

................"He was the first,
That ever burst, into that silent sea."

Transcriber's note:

The illustrations have been moved so that they do not break up paragraphs, thus the page number of the illustration might not match the page number in the List of Illustrations.

Variations in spelling, punctuation and hyphenation have been retained except in obvious cases of typographical error.