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  The Whitman Mission
Whitman was so weak from loss of blood that she lay down on the sofa.
Whitman by the hair, and raise her head and then strike her across the face several times with his leather quirt.
The Whitman Massacre, as it was quickly christened, was an isolated incident perpetrated by Indians who were later disavowed by their tribal hierarachs, but it struck fear into the emigrants in the Willamette Valley.
www.endoftheoregontrail.org /road2oregon/sa07whitman.html   (2258 words)

  
 November 29 Killings - Whitman Mission National Historic Site   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Whitman closed and locked the door; went to the medicine cabinet located in a closet under the stairway, and got what was needed.
Whitman to rebuke him "for swearing in the presence of children," but to her surprise nothing was said.
Whitman, Elizabeth and Matilda Sager claim that she was wounded in the left breast; Spalding and Catherine Sager, the right.
www.nps.gov /whmi/history/nov29.htm   (5906 words)

  
 Whitman massacre - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Whitman massacre (also known as the Walla Walla massacre and the Whitman Incident) was the murder in the Oregon Country on November 29, 1847 of U.S. missionaries Dr. Marcus Whitman and his wife Narcissa Whitman, along with twelve others, by Cayuse and Umatilla Indians.
The event was the climax of a several years of complex interaction between the Whitmans, who had led the first wagon train along the Oregon Trail, and the local Native Americans.
Other factors that may have contributed to the massacre were outbreaks of cholera, conflict between the Protestant missionaries and local Catholic priests, the contempt shown by Narcissa Whitman toward the Indians and their way of life, resentment over missionaries' attempts to transform the Indians' lifestyle and the killing of a Walla Walla chief's son.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Whitman_Massacre   (1376 words)

  
 NPS Historical Handbook: Whitman Mission (Contents)
Whitman believed that if the Cayuse went on the rampage only he would be involved and the others would not suffer on his behalf.
Whitman refused them entry but got some medicine from the closet under the stairway.
Finally, Tamsucky, an old Indian whom the Whitmans had long trusted, convinced Narcissa that the mission house was about to be burned and that all must go to the emigrant house for safety.
www.cr.nps.gov /history/online_books/hh/37/hh37q.htm   (1492 words)

  
 Centennial History of Oregon by Gaston * The Whitman Massacre   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Whitman, although wounded, with Rogers and a few others also wounded, took refuge in an upper room of the dwelling, and defended the staircase with a gun, until persuaded by Tamsucky who gained access by assurances of sorrow and sympathy, to leave the chamber, the savages below threatening to fire the house.
Whitman, who, though not dead, was hurled into a pool of water and blood on the ground.
The course of Whitman as a man of common apprehension, as the head of a family, and the manager of the mission is difficult to explain.
gesswhoto.com /centennial-whitman-massacre.html   (1775 words)

  
 Mary Marsh Cason's version of the Whitman Massacre   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Whitman had barred the doors and windows to keep them out of the house - but they broke in anyway.
I do not know how many of the survivors of that massacre are living that are as old as I am.
I really think her story is very inter esting and marvel that a child of eleven would remember as much as she did about the Massacre.
gesswhoto.com /whitman.html   (1573 words)

  
 1917-1918 Whitman Speech and Debate Team
The seventieth anniversary of the Whitman Massacre was observed.
On March 1'st Whitman debated the University of Washington on the   resolution: That China was justified in officially protesting against the   consumation of the Lanshing-Ishii agreement.
On April 12, Whitman debated the University of Idaho on the resolution: That   the American League to enforce peace should be adopted by the nations at the   close of the war.
www.whitman.edu /rhetoric/history/1917.htm   (1447 words)

  
 Lone Star Spirits - Paranormal Investigations
Whitman had done two stints in the US Marine Corps, and his military record is riddled with court martials and demotions.
When Whitman was 18, he arrived home drunk after a night with his friends, at which point his father beat him severely and pushed him into the family's pool.
Whitman died of two shotgun blasts to the head at 1:24 pm, ending the massacre.
www.lonestarspirits.org /articles12.html   (1009 words)

  
 PBS - THE WEST - Marcus and Narcissa Whitman
Marcus Whitman was born in 1802 at Rushville, New York.
The Whitmans reached the Walla Walla river on September 1, 1836, and decided to found a mission to the Cayuse Indians at Waiilatpu in the Walla Walla Valley.
The Whitman's two-year-old daughter drowned in 1839, Narcissa's eyesight gradually failed almost to the point of blindness, and their isolation dragged on year after year.
www.pbs.org /weta/thewest/people/s_z/whitman.htm   (1043 words)

  
 The Donner Party; The Whitmans Along The Trails West-Last updated 05/24/01
The Whitman Mission From the End of the Oregon Trail pages: The first American missionaries to Oregon were Methodists sent west with the blessing of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions in New England.
The Whitman Mission: The Mission at Waiilatpu Waiilatpu, meaning "place of the people of the rye grass," is the site of a mission founded in 1836 among the Cayuse Indians by Marcus and Narcissa Whitman.
Whitman Mission National Historic Site: The mission of Marcus and Narcissa Whitman at Waiilatpu was an important way station in the early days of the Oregon Trail.
www.over-land.com /people.html   (1037 words)

  
 NPS Historical Handbook: Whitman Mission (Contents)
Marcus Whitman's experience, gained in the preceding year on his trip to the Rockies, together with his dedication to the purpose of the trip, made him the natural leader of the little group.
Whitman began riding with the local doctor, and in 1825 he entered a medical school in Fairfield, N.Y. Following practice in New York and Canada, Whitman settled in the town of Wheeler, N.Y. Before long, he became interested in medical missionary work.
Whitman is said to have once turned down, the Reverend Henry Harmon Spalding.
www.cr.nps.gov /history/online_books/hh/37/hh37d.htm   (739 words)

  
 1906-1907 Whitman Speech and Debate Team
The school commemorated the Whitman massacre 60 years after the event with a memorial service at the mission during which two massacre survivors spoke.
Whitman's intercollegeiate orator was chosen in the local oratorical contest Friday night, the choice fallin on Walter C. Eells.
Two defeats were meted out to the Whitman speakers who took the trip into Oregon last week; oon at Corvallis friday night, when teh Pullman orator won the oratorical contest, and one at Salem Wednesday night, when Whitman lost to Willamette University the debate on teh fifteeth ammendment.
www.whitman.edu /rhetoric/history/1906.htm   (1353 words)

  
 Whitman Mission Alternate
The Whitman Mission Route served as the main stem of the Oregon Trail during the earliest years of the mass overland migrations.
This route remained open until the Whitman Massacre of 1847 when emigrants began crossing through the Umatilla Valley near present Pendleton (bypassing the Walla Walla area, Fort Nez Perces, and the Upper Columbia River Route) on their way to the vast Columbia Plateau.
Although Whitman's proposal was not approved among the ministers working in the field, it reflects a subtle shift in Whitman's priorities; he maintained interest and concern for saving souls, but was clearly eager to enhance and reinforce Waiilatpu's status as a supply post.
www.endoftheoregontrail.org /oregontrails/whitmanalternate.html   (3410 words)

  
 Whitman Mission NHS: Administrative History (Chapter 2)
In 1859, only twelve years after the Whitman massacre, the Reverend Cushing Eells received a charter from the Washington Territorial Legislature for Whitman Seminary in honor of his colleague.
Little was done to further Gray's efforts until 1896 when, according to W. Holt, "The neglected condition of the grave was brought to the attention of the Presbyterian Ministers' Association [of Portland] by one of its members." [20] Given the approaching 50th anniversary of the massacre, this neglect was intolerable to the Association.
Whitman Mission was designated "Whitman Memorial Park" by the Kiwanis during the 1920s and 1930s.
www.nps.gov /whmi/adhi/adhi2.htm   (1738 words)

  
 Whitman Massacre Trial Introduction
ne hundred and fifty years ago the mission established by Marcus and Narcissa Whitman near present-day Walla Walla, Washington was a way station for overland immigrants to Oregon.
Although Doctor Whitman gave medicines to the Indians the number of fatalities among the tribe continued to grow.
On November 29, 1847 the mission was attacked by the Cayuse and Doctor Whitman, his wife Narcissa, and twelve other whites were killed.
arcweb.sos.state.or.us /50th/whitman/whitmanintro.html   (84 words)

  
 Marcus Whitman Summary
Marcus Whitman (1802-1847) was an American physician, missionary, and pioneer whose death, at his medical and agricultural mission, was instrumental in passage of the act to make Oregon a Federal territory.
The zealous conversion attempts by the Whitmans as well as the recovery of many white patients fostered the belief among the Native Americans that Whitman was causing the death of his Indian patients.
Whitman is commorated by Marcus Whitman Central School in Rushville, NY, Whitman College and Whitman County, Washington, as well as the Marcus Whitman hotel in Walla Walla.
www.bookrags.com /Marcus_Whitman   (950 words)

  
 Marcus Whitman   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The site was named Waiilatpu, an Indian word meaning "place of the rye grass." There ate the mission was born Alice Clarissa Whitman, the first white child born west of the Rockies and north of California, on March 14, 1837.
They were angered when they saw the white settlers that Dr. Whitman treated survived, while their own people died.
The monument on the hill is known as the spot that Narcissa used to come and watch for Whitman's return from his many missions.
members.aol.com /Gibson0817/whitman.htm   (419 words)

  
 The University Star | Texas State University - San Marcos - Documentary Sniper ’66 highlights danger of automatic ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Accordingly, the 40th anniversary of the Charles Whitman massacre is receiving additional attention as it was highlighted as the cover story for the August 2006 issue of Texas Monthly magazine.
The coverage of these massacres, workplace revenge fantasies turned real and instances of loners who lash out their anger on unsuspecting citizens is too irresistible for the media.
Until Whitman undertook his shooting spree in Austin, public space felt relatively safe and most citizens were convinced they were removed from unexpected brutality.
star.txstate.edu /content/view/1991   (787 words)

  
 Whitman Spalding
Narcissa Whitman was the wife of missionary Marcus Whitman.
Narcissa Whitman was described as blue-eyed, of fair skin and complexion, large framed yet attractive, cheerful, outgoing and enthusiastic.
Narcissa Whitman, along with Marcus and twelve others, including the daughter of Joe Meek were slain November 29, 1847 by the Cayuse Indians in an uprising known as the Whitman Massacre.
home.att.net /~mman/WhitmanSpalding.htm   (413 words)

  
 HistoryLink Essay: Dr. Marcus Whitman establishes a mission at Waiilatpu on October 16, 1836.
On October 16, 1836, Dr. Marcus Whitman (1802-1847), a Presbyterian missionary and a physician, establishes a mission at Waiilatpu on the Walla Walla River.
Whitman was joined by Rev. Henry H. Spalding (1803-1874) and their wives Narcissa (Prentiss) Whitman (1808-1847) and Eliza Spalding.
While Whitman was in the East, the Indians burned Whitman's mill and Narcissa Whitman took refuge at Fort Walla Walla.
www.historylink.org /essays/output.cfm?file_id=5191   (390 words)

  
 Whitman Massacre
Then he had shadowed Whitman through the fog as far as the mission house.
During the struggle, one or the other pressed the muzzle of their white man's weapon to the base of Marcus Whitman's throat and pulled the trigger.
Upon hearing of the massacre, Five Crows sent a party from his camp to bring Lorinda back to Umatilla to become his wife.
www.oregonpioneers.com /whitman2.htm   (859 words)

  
 Narcissa and Marcus Whitman   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Marcus Whitman, also from upstate New York, received his schooling in Massachusetts and was a classmate of John Brown of Harper’s Ferry fame.
In 1835, Whitman gained the attention of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions (ABCFM), a group that governed the activities of Presbyterian and Congregational missions to various Native American tribes.
In succeeding years, the Whitmans became a fixture on their part of the trail, extending aid to travelers and even adopting the children of deceased settlers.
www.u-s-history.com /pages/h317.html   (857 words)

  
 The Whitman Massacre   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Whitman used his surgical skills to remove the arrowhead.
Whitman established a mission at a place he called Waiilatpu, meaning “place of the rye grass,” about six miles west of present day Walla Walla, Washington.
Whitman did what he could to treat both, with the limited resources that he had.
www.suite101.com /article.cfm/old_west/92928   (505 words)

  
 HistoryLink Essay: Fourteen die in the Whitman Massacre at Waiilatpu on November 29, 1847.
HistoryLink Essay: Fourteen die in the Whitman Massacre at Waiilatpu on November 29, 1847.
Marcus Whitman was a Presbyterian elder trained as a physician, and a lumber mill operator.
Narcissa Whitman was wounded in the shoulder by a bullet.
www.historylink.org /essays/output.cfm?file_id=5192   (924 words)

  
 Stuart Whitman Biography :: Hollywood.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Whitman finally began to get some real notice as one of "Darby's Rangers" (1958), and subsequently played the circus roustabout cad who woos Joanne Woodward in "The Sound and the Fury" (1959) and Boaz, second husband to the biblical Ruth and ancestor of King David in "The Story of Ruth" (1960).
Whitman's films in the 80s and 90s had titles such as "Demonoid" (1981), and "Vultures in Paradise" (1984).
Whitman made his TV movie debut in 1970 playing a heart surgeon who uncovers sinister forces at a research foundation in "The Man Who Wanted to Live Forever" (ABC).
www.hollywood.com /celebs/fulldetail/id/197086   (1005 words)

  
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Whitman the wife of said Marcus Whitman was shot on the day aforesaid-witness placed Mrs.
Miss Sager being called as a witness on the part of the United States testified that she was at the Mission at the time the death of the said Marcus Whitman but that she did not remember the date thereof that an Indian came to her door and enquired for Dr. Whitman.
Whitman into the yard: that Jo Lewis had a gun: that two persons were killed by the [End of fourth page] Indians on the eight day of December eighteen hundred and forty seven by the Indians
www.ccrh.org /comm/umatilla/primary/trial.htm   (1104 words)

  
 Today in History: February 16
Congregationalist missionary Cushing Eells, founder of Whitman College, the oldest educational institution in Washington State, was born in Massachusetts on February 16, 1810.
In 1836, the Whitmans founded a mission among the Cayuse Indians at Waillatpu, six miles west of present-day Walla Walla.
Known as the Whitman Massacre, this event precipitated the Cayuse War—a conflict that lasted until 1850.
memory.loc.gov /ammem/today/feb16.html   (433 words)

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