TY  - BOOK
AU  - Harness,Cheryl
TI  - The tragic tale of Narcissa Whitman and a faithful history of the Oregon Trail
SN  - 0792259203 (hardcover)
AV  - F880 .H275 2006eb
U1  - 917.804/20922 22
PY  - 2006///]
CY  - Washington, D.C.
PB  - National Geographic Society
KW  - Whitman, Narcissa Prentiss,
KW  - Women pioneers
KW  - Oregon National Historic Trail
KW  - Biography
KW  - Juvenile literature
KW  - Women missionaries
KW  - Frontier and pioneer life
KW  - Overland journeys to the Pacific
KW  - History
KW  - Oregon Territory
KW  - Oregon
KW  - Electronic books- OSLIS
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - 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
N2  - 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
UR  - https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/CZKUFY392434814/NGMK?sid=gale_marc&u=corvalli
ER  -