Oregon Pioneer correspondence, 1832-1838.
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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...
Townsend, John Kirk, 1809-1851
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Ornithologist. From the description of Vocabularies of some of the Indian tribes of N. Western America : manuscript notebooks, 1835 September. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70982831 John Kirk Townsend was a naturalist. From the description of Vocabularies of the Okonagan, Attnaha, and Walla Walla languages, [and] Vocabularies of the languages of Indians inhabiting N.W. America, 1834-1836. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122439925 ...
Walker, Elkanah, 1805-1877
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Missionaries to the Spokane Indians for the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. From the description of Papers of Elkanah and Mary Richardson Walker, 1821-1938. (Washington State University). WorldCat record id: 29852997 Reverend Elkanah Walker, pioneer Congregational missionary, was born on August 7, 1805 in North Yarmouth, Maine. Following his ordination in 1838, Walker and his new bride, Mary Richardson, journeyed overland to the Oregon Country in order ...
Wyeth, Nathaniel J. (Nathaniel Jarvis), 1802-1856
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Nathaniel Jarvis Wyeth (1802-1856) was a Boston, Mass. merchant who sought to establish a fur trading and fishing enterprise in the Northwest. From the guide to the Nathaniel J. Wyeth collection, 1832-1901, (Oregon Historical Society Research Library) Nathaniel Jarvis Wyeth (1802-1856) was a Boston, Mass. merchant who sought to establish a fur trading and fishing enterprise in the Northwest. In 1831, Wyeth made plans to establish an agricultural and ...
Risvold, Floyd E.
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Nathaniel Jarvis Wyeth (1802-1856), merchant and adventurer arrived at Ft. Vancouver, Oregon at head of band of eight men (October 29, 1832). Returned to Boston following year to arrange for supplies to be sent to Oregon by ship. Brought a second party, including missionary, Jason Lee, overland (1834). Established trading post and shipped lumber and salmon to Hawaii. Returned when this venture failed (1836). John Kirk Townsend (1809-1851), ornithologist and physician, came with Wyeth's second ex...
