附註:Originally published as v. 3 of: First white women over the Rockies. Glendale, Calif. : A.H. Clark, 1966.
Consists of the diary of Sarah White Smith and letters of Asa B. Smith, and other documents relating to the 1838 reenforcement to the Oregon Mission.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 320-321) and index.
摘要:Four newly wed couples, along with one single man, were sent to Oregon in 1838 to reinforce the two-year-old mission established by Marcus Whitman and Henry Spalding. These reinforcements were to become legendary in the history of the Pacific Northwest for the incessant bickering and petty jealousies that eventually caused the deaths of Marcus and Narcissa Whitman and forced the abandonment of the mission effort." "This Bison Books edition contains the very personal diary of Sarah Smith, "the weeping one" as the Indians remembered her. When read in chronological sequence with the nearly one hundred letters written by her husband, Asa, a compelling picture of their journey to Oregon and subsequent life at the mission emerges. Other letters, documents, and biographical sketches enhance the volume."-- Provided by publisher.
