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The life of Narcissa Whiteman: 1. Discuss the background, marriage, and goals of Narcissa Whitman. Narcissa grew up in a devoted Presbyterian family, in a village of Prattsburg, New York. Narcissa was an enthusiastic and highly influenced young woman, reading popular biographies of American missionaries in the 19th century. Influenced by Harriet Newell, an evangelist who traveled and worked in India, Narcissa was captivated by Harriet’s spiritual struggles, letters and sermons. As a young teenager

“It is a dream. It is what people who have come here from the beginning of time have dreamed. It’s a dream landscape. To the Native Americans, it’s full of sacred realities, powerful things. It’s a landscape that has to be seen to be believe. And as I say on occasion, it may have to be believed in order to be seen.” –N. Scott Momaday First take a look at the people of the West. Get an insight into what everyday life was really like. As many know Indians covered the grounds that were uncharted by

we get to Whitman Mission because when we showed up we were not expecting what we saw. I was expecting to be able to restock on all of my supplies and stuff but all the buildings were burnt down to pieces and there were no supplies left because the Cayuse Indians so we have to plan something else out. We had decided to just continue to Oregon City instead of traveling to Fort Vancouver and getting supplies. We are already having problems because we need some water but we are super low And we

lot of burned down buildings here and I thought that is was our final stretch to load ourselves on supplies, but there is nothing here besides one family and burned down buildings. My wagon train and I go to talk to them and we find out that the, Cayuse tribe of Indians and burnt down all the buildings and raided everyone, they came right on the day that it was happening and they also had planned on getting supplies they were completely out and still are, they have been starving there for a little

No Cursive Writing Watch out! Carpooled Tunnel is on its way! This certain disease that could be caused by writing in cursive. Just one of the reasons cursive handwriting should not be taught. Cursive takes up too much class time, it can be hard to understand, and causes pain and diseases. Cursive writing should not be taught because it takes up too much time. Letter formation is critical for legibility. In a times assignment students can feel rushed therefore causing them to write faster making

My chapter 5 project is about Dr. Elijah White. Elijah was born in 1806 in New York State. White is known for being a great physician and his missionary work in the Oregon Country. He attended medical college in Syracuse, New York. Sent by the Methodist church, he soon left New York to go to the Oregon country to be the physician and missionary of their operations there. He was sent to Willamette Valley, Oregon in 1836 to take part in Methodist mission there lead by Jason Lee, but had some difficulties

astonishing geysers, in fact Yellowstone has more than over 300 geysers and mud pits, and hot springs, and fumaroles. This park also had Native Americans. The tribes that lived there were the Shoshone, the Bannock, the Nez Perce, the Blackfeet, the Cayuse,

Frontier Development in the Oregon Territory Introduction Faragher, Buhle, Cziyron and Armitage ( 2010) note the westward development into the new territories of the United States usually took place in three stages; trade, settlement and statehood. The speed at which this expansion occurred reinforced America's sense of themselves as a pioneering people. This experience worked to create a belief that the United States was a nation of adventurous, optimistic, and democratic people (p. 357).

The nineteenth century brought on a doctrine of belief based on American Exceptionalism that Americans were destined by God to settle in the land to the west. The westward movement of the American people meant occupation of all land regardless of who was already present on it. This “destiny” of the American people manifested itself by causing horrible depredations to the native populations and stripped them of the land they had lived on for millennia. The idea of manifest destiny originated with

Manifest Destiny was the widely held belief that the United States of America were destined to expand over a vast area through the will of God. The President of the United States of America, James K. Polk, who had been elected into office in 1844. Polk won the election by showing his support of the re-occupation of Oregon and the re-annexation of Texas. In doing so he was able to appeal to both the southern and northern expansionists. Polk spearheaded the tasks soon after entering office. Manifest