Mary Richardson Walker : her book, typescript, 1941-1943 / by Ruth Karr McKee.

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Mary Richardson Walker : her book, typescript, 1941-1943 / by Ruth Karr McKee.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/29852870

Typescripts, drafts, and working papers.

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Washington State University, Holland and Terrell Libraries

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Washington State University, Holland and Terrell Libraries

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McKee, Ruth Karr, 1874-

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Walker, Mary Richardson, 1811-1897

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Elkanah and Mary Richardson Walker, pioneer missionaries, were sent by the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions to the Oregon Mission. The Walkers and one other couple, Cushing and Myra Eells, established the mission at Tshimakain in 1838, to work with the Spokane Indians. Mary was born and educated in Maine, and married Elkanah because the Board wanted to send married couples. The Board closed the mission in 1848 after the Whitmans were killed. The Walkers eventually settled nea...