How Marcus Whitman Saved Oregon / A True Romance of Patriotic Heroism Christian Devotion and Final Martyrdom
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Obvious typographical errors have been corrected. Inconsistent spelling and hyphenation in the original document have been preserved.
The quote starting on page 19 with If, however, has no end quote.
On page 177, as he plead should possibly be as he pled.
The quote starting on page 215 with Marcus Whitman has no end quote.
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WHITMAN LEAVING HOME ON HIS WINTER RIDE TO SAVE OREGON.
A TRUE ROMANCE OF PATRIOTIC HEROISM, CHRISTIAN DEVOTION AND FINAL MARTYRDOM....
WITH SKETCHES OF Life on the Plains and Mountains in Pioneer Days
BY OLIVER W. NIXON, M.D., LL.D.,
For Seventeen Years President and Literary Editor of the Chicago Inter Ocean .
Oliver W. Nixon
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How Marcus Whitman Saved Oregon.
PREFACE.
CONTENTS.
ILLUSTRATIONS.
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER I.
CHAPTER II.
CHAPTER III.
CHAPTER IV.
CHAPTER V.
CHAPTER VI.
CHAPTER VII.
CHAPTER VIII.
CHAPTER IX.
CHAPTER X.
CHAPTER XI.
CHAPTER XII.
CHAPTER XIII.
CHAPTER XIV.
CHAPTER XV.
APPENDIX.
DR. WHITMAN'S LETTER.
DR. WHITMAN'S SUGGESTIONS TO THE SECRETARY OF WAR, AND TO THE COMMISSIONERS ON INDIAN AFFAIRS AND OREGON, IN THE U. S. SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, DATED OCTOBER 16, 1847.