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The tragic tale of Narcissa Whitman and a faithful history of the Oregon Trail / written and illustrated by Cheryl Harness.

By: Material type: TextSeries: Harness, Cheryl. Cheryl Harness history ; Publisher: Washington, D.C. : National Geographic Society, [2006]Copyright date: �2006Description: 1 online resource (144 pages) : illustrations, mapsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 0792259203 (hardcover)
  • 0792259211 (library binding)
  • 9780792259206 (hardcover)
  • 9780792259213 (library binding)
  • 0792278909 (library binding)
  • 9780792278900 (library binding)
Other title:
  • Narcissa Whitman and a faithful history of the Oregon Trail
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Tragic tale of Narcissa Whitman and a faithful history of the Oregon Trail.DDC classification:
  • 917.804/20922 22
  • B 22
LOC classification:
  • F880 .H275 2006eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Over the river and through the mountains: Westward -- Beaver hats -- Narcissa -- Narcissa, Marcus, and dreams of glory: Medicine quest -- Marcus -- Hello, good-bye -- Spaldings -- Journey: February 19 - May 3 Angelica, New York, to Liberty, Missouri -- May 3 - May 26 -- Liberty, Missouri, to the Catch Up (Nebraska) -- May 26 - June 13 -- Across Nebraska along the Platte River Road, up to Fort Laramie (Wyoming) -- June 21 - July 18 from Laramie to the Green River rendevous -- Rendevous on the green -- July 18 - August 19 rendezvous (Wyoming) to Fort Boise (Idaho) -- August 22 - September 12 Fort Boise (Idaho) to Fort Vancouver (Washington) -- Rest of the way -- Oregon country: Father of Oregon -- Disappointments at Waiilatpu, Where the rye grass grows -- Dr. Whitman's great adventure -- Destiny: Orphans of the trail -- Great experiment -- Measles and blood -- World they left behind: Revenge -- Epilogue -- More information -- Ezra Meeker, Champion of the Oregon Trail -- Oregon Trail map -- Oregon Trail chronology -- Resources -- Index.
Summary: Reveals what really happened when Narcissa Whitman and her husband, Marcus, embarked on a perilous quest through the untamed Oregon Trail to spread the word of the Bible to the Indians.
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OSLIS\Gale Nat Geo eBooks(2/2/23).

"The native peoples of the West, tough trappers & their fearless fur quests, mountain man rendezvous, and much, much more"--Cover.

"A Cheryl Harness history"--Cover.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 140-141) and index.

Over the river and through the mountains: Westward -- Beaver hats -- Narcissa -- Narcissa, Marcus, and dreams of glory: Medicine quest -- Marcus -- Hello, good-bye -- Spaldings -- Journey: February 19 - May 3 Angelica, New York, to Liberty, Missouri -- May 3 - May 26 -- Liberty, Missouri, to the Catch Up (Nebraska) -- May 26 - June 13 -- Across Nebraska along the Platte River Road, up to Fort Laramie (Wyoming) -- June 21 - July 18 from Laramie to the Green River rendevous -- Rendevous on the green -- July 18 - August 19 rendezvous (Wyoming) to Fort Boise (Idaho) -- August 22 - September 12 Fort Boise (Idaho) to Fort Vancouver (Washington) -- Rest of the way -- Oregon country: Father of Oregon -- Disappointments at Waiilatpu, Where the rye grass grows -- Dr. Whitman's great adventure -- Destiny: Orphans of the trail -- Great experiment -- Measles and blood -- World they left behind: Revenge -- Epilogue -- More information -- Ezra Meeker, Champion of the Oregon Trail -- Oregon Trail map -- Oregon Trail chronology -- Resources -- Index.

Reveals what really happened when Narcissa Whitman and her husband, Marcus, embarked on a perilous quest through the untamed Oregon Trail to spread the word of the Bible to the Indians.

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