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- Title
Plucked from the Grave: The first female missionary to cross the Continental Divide came to a gruesome end partly caused by her own zeal. What can we learn from her?
- Authors
Gwartney, Debra
- Abstract
This article presents an examination into the history of the 19th-century American missionary Narcissa Whitman and her efforts to serve the Cayuse Indian population of the Oregon Territory. Accounts are given describing Narcissa's life and work in the West along with her husband Marcus and their co-workers Eliza and Henry Spalding. Details are also given describing their violent deaths at the hands of the Cayuse Indians. The author also includes several personal reflections on her own young adult life traveling in the West and her experiences researching Narcissa's life.
- Subjects
WHITMAN, Narcissa Prentiss, 1808-1847; WHITMAN, Marcus, 1802-1847; SPALDING, Henry; SPALDING, Eliza; CAYUSE (North American people); WOMEN pioneers; FRONTIER &; pioneer life; NATIVE Americans -- Missions; CAYUSE War, 1847-1850; OREGON Territory -- History
- Publication
American Scholar, 2011, Vol 80, Issue 3, p71
- ISSN
0003-0937
- Publication type
Article