On Sidesaddles to Heaven: The Women of the Rocky Mountain MissionCaxton Press, 1998 - Всего страниц: 256 Distributed by the University of Nebraska Press for Caxton Press Laurie Winn Carlson analyzes the lives of the first six white women—missionary wives—to cross the Rocky Mountains, offering a fresh and sometimes startling view of these pioneers. At a time when a woman's fortune and future was tied to the man she married, four of the six women married virtual strangers, on short notice, with no financial security. Why did they take such a gamble? |
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Reverend Samuel Parker | 48 |
Fort Boise | 62 |
Cushing Eells | 125 |
Indian Country Passport | 131 |
Chapter Eleven Full House | 137 |
Whitman Mission | 141 |
Chapter Twelve Personal Problems | 151 |
Chapter Thirteen First Born | 165 |
Spaldings Nez Perce Book | 169 |
Griffin | 183 |
Chapter Six Rendezvous | 63 |
Mary Richardson Walkers Trunk | 69 |
Chapter Seven This Adventurous Journey | 77 |
Fort Walla Walla | 89 |
Chapter Eight This Desirable Spot | 93 |
McLoughlin Home Fort Vancouver | 95 |
Chapter Nine Marys Choice | 109 |
Elkanah Walker | 115 |
Chapter Ten Second Wave | 123 |
Chapter Fifteen Slavery | 189 |
Chapter Seventeen Death at Waiilatpu | 219 |
Abigail Walker | 226 |
Amelia Lorene Spalding Brown | 236 |
Chapter Eighteen End of the Dream | 237 |
Whitman Burial Site | 244 |
About the Author | 253 |
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Стр. 94 - ... fall in the river where we are obliged to make a portage of a mile. The boat was towed along by the rocks over the falls with a rope. This is another great place for Salmon fishery. A boat load was just ready for Vancouver (as we} arrived. I saw an infant here whose head was in the pressing machine.30 This was a pitiful sight.
Стр. 94 - On its forehead lay a small, square cushion, over which was a bandage drawn tight around, pressing its head against the board. In this position it is kept three or four months or longer, until the head becomes a fashionable shape.
Стр. 178 - Catholicism is now making his appearance, & the errors of that church are beginning to be diffused among this people. At this very moment the Catholic priest is at Walla Walla instructing the people & the Indians are gathering together there to listen to the false doctrines which he inculcates. Already has the priest denounced us because we have wives & the people told that they are going to hell because they are unbaptised.
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