Sager account, ca. 1860.

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Sager account, ca. 1860.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/320272547

This collection consists of a photocopy of the account that Catherine Sager Pringle wrote of her family crossing the Plains. It describes her parents dying on the journey; adoption of Dr. & Mrs. Whitman and the Whitman Massacre. The account by Catherine Sager Pringle was typed on stencils in March 1854 by Celista Collins Platz, Catherine's grandaughter. The copy of the manuscript was given to Washington State Library on 2 May 1975 by Celista C. Platz. Because it was never edited or modified in any way, today it is regarded as one of the most authentic accounts of the American westward migration.

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Washington State Library, Office of Secretary of State

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SNAC Resource ID: 7333811

Washington State Library, Office of Secretary of State

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Platz, Celista, 1906-

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Whitman, Marcus, 1802-1847

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Marcus and Narcissa Whitman served as missionaries to the Cayuse Indians at Waiilatpu (near Walla Walla, Washington) from 1836 until they were murdered in 1847. They operated under the auspices of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. From the description of Letters, 1834-1847. (Oregon Historical Society Research Library). WorldCat record id: 31911271 Marcus Whitman was born on September 4, 1802 in Rushville, New York. His father's early death necessitate...

Sager, Catherine, 1835-1910

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The Sager orphans (sometimes referred to as Sager children) were the children of Naomi and Henry Sager. In April 1844 Henry Sager and his family took part in the great westward migration and started their journey along the Oregon Trail. During their journey both Naomi and Henry Sager lost their lives and left their seven children orphaned. Later adopted by Marcus and Narcissa Whitman, missionaries in what is now Washington, the children were orphaned a second time, when both their n...

Whitman, Narcissa Prentiss, 1808-1847

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Marcus and Narcissa Whitman served as missionaries to the Cayuse Indians at Waiilatpu (near Walla Walla, Washington) from 1836 until they were murdered in 1847. They operated under the auspices of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. From the description of Letters, 1835-1847. (Oregon Historical Society Research Library). WorldCat record id: 31911964 On title page: "(The copy from which this was made is in Whitman College, Walla Walla, Washington.)" On l...

Sager family.

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