On Sidesaddles to Heaven: The Women of the Rocky Mountain MissionCaxton Press, 1998 - 256 pages 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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... churches . We haven't heard about the rivalries , conflicts and sacrifices made by those who came West not to get rich , or build an empire , or fight wars , but to follow a “ calling . ” Although I had grown up in the area of the ...
... churches . We haven't heard about the rivalries , conflicts and sacrifices made by those who came West not to get rich , or build an empire , or fight wars , but to follow a “ calling . ” Although I had grown up in the area of the ...
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... church . While seated primly in church , she would have heard the warnings and worries of clerics who saw the West , even the far - off Rocky Mountains , as a place where vile men had gone in order to enjoy “ vice and human nature ...
... church . While seated primly in church , she would have heard the warnings and worries of clerics who saw the West , even the far - off Rocky Mountains , as a place where vile men had gone in order to enjoy “ vice and human nature ...
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... church and church - related activities or reading circles . This kept them from organizing labor movements or learning new skills that could lead them away from the mills . With their limited social life revolving around church ...
... church and church - related activities or reading circles . This kept them from organizing labor movements or learning new skills that could lead them away from the mills . With their limited social life revolving around church ...
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... churches were the engines of literacy ( so necessary to Christian doctrine based on printed text ) , they also became ... church in Portland , Maine , she was intrigued . His text was “ ye see the distress we are in ” and she thought he ...
... churches were the engines of literacy ( so necessary to Christian doctrine based on printed text ) , they also became ... church in Portland , Maine , she was intrigued . His text was “ ye see the distress we are in ” and she thought he ...
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... churches and embarked on great effort to be of some good. Society admonished young ladies to be “taught that ... church societies, and hymn singing. But that was not enough. Women were learning about the out- side world, and they ...
... churches and embarked on great effort to be of some good. Society admonished young ladies to be “taught that ... church societies, and hymn singing. But that was not enough. Women were learning about the out- side world, and they ...
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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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Page 10 - Waft, waft, ye winds, his story, And you, ye waters, roll, Till, like a sea of glory, It spreads from pole to pole; Till, o'er our ransomed nature, The Lamb for sinners slain, Redeemer, King, Creator, In bliss returns to reign.
Page 10 - What though the spicy breezes Blow soft o'er Ceylon's isle, Though every prospect pleases, And only man is vile ; In vain with lavish kindness The gifts of God are strown ; The heathen in his blindness Bows down to wood and stone.
Page 11 - Sharon there. 2. He'll shield you with a wall of fire, With flaming zeal your breasts inspire, Bid raging winds their fury cease, And hush the tempest into peace. 3. And when our labors all are o'er, Then we shall meet to part no more, — Meet with the blood-bought throng, to fall, And crown our Jesus — Lord of all ! PSALM l U/D1.
Page 47 - Society; the object of which is to aid in the conversion of the world; and that every member of the Church is a member for life of said Society, and bound in maintenance of his Christian character, to do all in his power for the accomplishment of this object.
Page 11 - Immanuel's name ; To distant climes the tidings bear, And plant the rose of Sharon there. 2 He'll shield you with a wall of fire, With holy zeal your hearts inspire, Bid raging winds their fury cease, And calm the savage breast to peace.
Page 25 - there will come from the rising sun a different kind of men from any you have yet seen, who will bring with them a book, and will teach you everything, and after that the world will fall to...
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.