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The Resource Murder at the mission : a frontier killing, its legacy of lies, and the taking of the American West, Blaine Harden

Murder at the mission : a frontier killing, its legacy of lies, and the taking of the American West, Blaine Harden

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In 1847 Dr. Marcus Whitman, his wife, and eleven others were massacred by a group of Cayuse. The Cayuse were portrayed as murderous savages; five were executed. Whitman and Reverend Henry Spalding had headed to Washington state and Idaho on the Oregon Trail with their wives; they aimed to convert members of the Cayuse and Nez Perce tribes. As Spalding told it, after uncovering a British and Catholic plot to steal the Oregon Territory from the United States, Whitman undertook a heroic solo ride across the country to alert the President. In fact, he had traveled to Washington to save his own job. Harden exposes the hucksterism and self-interest at the root of American myth-making. -- adapted from jacket
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eng
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xxxi, 432 pages
Contents
  • Introduction: The good doctor
  • Act one: Kill. "Do nothing to irritate" ; "What a delightful place" ; Cayuses in the kitchen ; "Want of Christian feeling" ; "A thousand little harassing events" ; "Beastly & savage brutalities"
  • Act two: Hang. "Priests wet with the blood" ; A proper trial ; Five at once ; "Seeing that they stood alone"
  • Act three: Lie. Authentic account ; Collaborate ; Brother Spalding goes to Washington ; The old college life
  • Act four: Expose. Skulls, bones, money ; "A defenseless little Western institution" ; Mephistopheles and the original sources ; Lost cause
  • Act five: Revive. Predators ; Broke ; White people's money
  • Epilogue
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9780525561668
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Murder at the mission : a frontier killing, its legacy of lies, and the taking of the American West
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Murder at the mission
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a frontier killing, its legacy of lies, and the taking of the American West
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Blaine Harden
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Frontier killing, its legacy of lies, and the taking of the American West
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eng
Summary
In 1847 Dr. Marcus Whitman, his wife, and eleven others were massacred by a group of Cayuse. The Cayuse were portrayed as murderous savages; five were executed. Whitman and Reverend Henry Spalding had headed to Washington state and Idaho on the Oregon Trail with their wives; they aimed to convert members of the Cayuse and Nez Perce tribes. As Spalding told it, after uncovering a British and Catholic plot to steal the Oregon Territory from the United States, Whitman undertook a heroic solo ride across the country to alert the President. In fact, he had traveled to Washington to save his own job. Harden exposes the hucksterism and self-interest at the root of American myth-making. -- adapted from jacket
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10957034
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Harden, Blaine
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979.5/030922
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  • illustrations
  • maps
Index
index present
LC call number
F880
LC item number
.H266 2021
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non fiction
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bibliography
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Ward, Jeffrey L.
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  • Whitman, Marcus
  • Spalding, Henry Harmon
  • Whitman Massacre, 1847
  • Cayuse Indians
  • Cayuse Indians
  • Cayuse Indians
  • Nez Percé Indians
  • Nez Percé Indians
  • Missionaries
  • Northwest, Pacific
  • Columbia Plateau
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a frontier killing, its legacy of lies, and the taking of the American West
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Murder at the mission : a frontier killing, its legacy of lies, and the taking of the American West, Blaine Harden
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 409-416) and index
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Contents
Introduction: The good doctor -- Act one: Kill. "Do nothing to irritate" ; "What a delightful place" ; Cayuses in the kitchen ; "Want of Christian feeling" ; "A thousand little harassing events" ; "Beastly & savage brutalities" -- Act two: Hang. "Priests wet with the blood" ; A proper trial ; Five at once ; "Seeing that they stood alone" -- Act three: Lie. Authentic account ; Collaborate ; Brother Spalding goes to Washington ; The old college life -- Act four: Expose. Skulls, bones, money ; "A defenseless little Western institution" ; Mephistopheles and the original sources ; Lost cause -- Act five: Revive. Predators ; Broke ; White people's money -- Epilogue
Dimensions
24 cm
Extent
xxxi, 432 pages
Isbn
9780525561668
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2020053152
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unmediated
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rdamedia
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  • n
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illustrations, map
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  • (OCoLC)on1226073551
  • 3477747
  • 3710509
  • bc2044056809
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Murder at the mission : a frontier killing, its legacy of lies, and the taking of the American West, Blaine Harden
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 409-416) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Introduction: The good doctor -- Act one: Kill. "Do nothing to irritate" ; "What a delightful place" ; Cayuses in the kitchen ; "Want of Christian feeling" ; "A thousand little harassing events" ; "Beastly & savage brutalities" -- Act two: Hang. "Priests wet with the blood" ; A proper trial ; Five at once ; "Seeing that they stood alone" -- Act three: Lie. Authentic account ; Collaborate ; Brother Spalding goes to Washington ; The old college life -- Act four: Expose. Skulls, bones, money ; "A defenseless little Western institution" ; Mephistopheles and the original sources ; Lost cause -- Act five: Revive. Predators ; Broke ; White people's money -- Epilogue
Dimensions
24 cm
Extent
xxxi, 432 pages
Isbn
9780525561668
Lccn
2020053152
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations, map
System control number
  • (OCoLC)on1226073551
  • 3477747
  • 3710509
  • bc2044056809

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