What to see in America . an Board of For-eign Missions, which heserved, and to apprisethe government of theadvantages to be gainedby colonizing the Oregoncountry. He set forthin October to cross themountains, whose passeswere already chokedwith snow, carrying only such equipment as could be strappedon the back of his horse. A friend accompanied him as far asColorado. The rest of the journey to Boston and Washingtonhe made alone, most of it in the saddle and during the coldstormy months of winter. His courage in crossing thecontinent under such conditions made a favorable impressionand attracte
What to see in America . an Board of For-eign Missions, which heserved, and to apprisethe government of theadvantages to be gainedby colonizing the Oregoncountry. He set forthin October to cross themountains, whose passeswere already chokedwith snow, carrying only such equipment as could be strappedon the back of his horse. A friend accompanied him as far asColorado. The rest of the journey to Boston and Washingtonhe made alone, most of it in the saddle and during the coldstormy months of winter. His courage in crossing thecontinent under such conditions made a favorable impressionand attracted attention in the newspapers, and an interviewwas accorded him by the Secretary of War. His influencewas a distinct aid in the enterprise of colonizing the newregion. The year 1843 saw the migration of a thousandpioneers to the Northwest, and this had a decisive effecton the ultimate nationality of that section. Dr. Whitman renewed his work among the Indians, butabout this time they began to suffer from a long-continued. Carter Falls, Paradise River 522 What to See in America plague of hints were circu-lated that the medicineman of the missionarieswas responsible for theepidemic. A half-breedCanadian who was aleader in fomentingtrouble received fromsome distant chief thegift of what was knownas the Charmed Tom-ahawk, which was re-puted to bring victoryand good fortune tothose who used it. Onthe morning of Nov-ember 29, 1847, thehalf-breed stole silentlyinto Dr. Whitmans office, where the missionary sat at hisdesk, and with one blow of the Charmed Tomahawk crushedin his victims skull. A general massacre followed, and fewof the seventy persons at the mission escaped either deathor capture. When news of what had happened reached FortVancouver, two hundred and fifty miles distant, the ChiefFactor of the Fur Company started promptly for WallaWalla with twenty picked men, boats, and provisions. Theyfound the mission houses wrecked, the mill burned, and thebodies of elev
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