| Pages. | |
| Introduction | [11-14] |
| CHAPTER I. | |
| The Title of the United States to Oregon—The HudsonBay Company—The Louisiana Purchase | [15-37] |
| CHAPTER II. | |
| English and American Opinion of the Value of theNorthwest Territory—The Neglect of AmericanStatesmen | [38-49] |
| CHAPTER III. | |
| The Romance of the Oregon Mission | [50-62] |
| CHAPTER IV. | |
| The Wedding Journey Across the Plains | [63-82] |
| CHAPTER V. | |
| Mission Life at Waiilatpui | [83-98] |
| CHAPTER VI. | |
| The Ride to Save Oregon | [99-123] |
| CHAPTER VII. | |
| Whitman in the Presence of President Tyler and Secretaryof State Daniel Webster—The Return toOregon | [124-164] |
| CHAPTER VIII. | |
| A Backward Look at Results | [165-185] |
| CHAPTER IX. | |
| Change in Public Sentiment | [186-200] |
| CHAPTER X. | |
| The Failure of Modern History to do Justice to Dr.Whitman | [201-216] |
| CHAPTER XI. | |
| The Massacre at Waiilatpui | [217-237] |
| CHAPTER XII. | |
| Biographical—Dr. Whitman—Dr. McLoughlin | [238-249] |
| CHAPTER XIII. | |
| Whitman Seminary and College | [250-262] |
| CHAPTER XIV. | |
| Oregon Then, and Oregon, Washington and Idaho Now | [263-276] |
| CHAPTER XV. | |
| Life on the Great Plains in Pioneer Days | [277-304] |
| Appendix | [305-339] |
ILLUSTRATIONS.
| Page. | ||
| 1. | Whitman Leaving Home on His Ride to SaveOregon | [Frontispiece.] |
| 2. | Falls of the Willamette | [32] |
| 3. | Map of Early Oregon and the West, Showing Whitman'sRoute, etc. | [41] |
| 4. | Steamer Lot Whitcomb | [56] |
| 5. | Dr. Marcus Whitman | [72] |
| 6. | Mission Station at Waiilatpui | [88] |
| 7. | Mrs. Narcissa Prentice Whitman | [104] |
| 8. | Whitman Pleading for Oregon before President Tylerand Secretary Webster | [128] |
| 9. | Rev. H. H. Spalding | [144] |
| 10. | Rev. Cushing Eells, D.D. | [160] |
| 11. | Whitman College | [176] |
| 12. | Whitman's Grave | [224] |
| 13. | Dr. John McLoughlin | [248] |
| 14. | Dr. Daniel K. Pearsons | [264] |
| 15. | Rev. S. B. L. Penrose, President of Whitman College | [272] |
| 16. | The Log School House on the Willamette | [280] |
| 17. | A. J. Anderson, Ph.D. | [296] |
| 18. | Rev. James F. Eaton, D.D. | [296] |
| 19. | Portraits of Flathead Indians Who Visited St. Louis | [313] |
INTRODUCTION
BY
REV. FRANK W. GUNSAULUS, D.D.,
Pastor of Plymouth Church, and President of Armour Institute, Chicago.
Among the efforts at description which will associate themselves with either our ignorance or our intelligence as to our own country, the following words by our greatest orator, will always have their place:
"What do we want with the vast, worthless area, this region of savages and wild beasts, of deserts, of shifting sands and whirlwinds of dust, of cactus and prairie dogs? To what use could we ever hope to put these great deserts, or these endless mountain ranges, impenetrable, and covered to their base with eternal snow? What can we ever hope to do with the Western coast, a coast of three thousand miles, rock-bound, cheerless, and uninviting, and not a harbor on it? What use have we for such a country? Mr. President, I will never vote one cent from the public treasury to place the Pacific coast one inch nearer to Boston than it is now."