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Across the Plains in 1844. E-book. Formato EPUB Catherine Sager - The Old Pioneer Press, 2024 -
Across the Plains in 1844 by Catherine Sager is among the most gripping firsthand accounts of pioneer life in the American West ever written. It is also a key primary document supporting the events of the Whitman Massacre. On November 29, 1847, Marcus Whitman, a doctor, and Narcissa Whitman, his wife, and twelve other members of the Waiilatpu Mission in the Oregon Territory were murdered by a small contingent of the Cayuse Indians. The killings became known as the "Whitman Massacre."Earlier fur traders had threatened Native people with infectious disease, so when measles spread to the mission in the mid-1840s, decimating the nearby Cayuses, the Indians blamed Whitman. Plateau Indians usually did not kill shamans for failing to cure patients, but they believed that excessive amounts of spiritual power could inspire murderous intentions. After slaughtering the Whitmans, the Cayuses took dozens of settlers hostage, mostly women and children, including Catherine Sager. Across the Plains in 1844 is Sager's page-turning account of the initial journey west, the measles outbreak, the massacre of the Whitmans, Sager's subsequent capture, and her eventual emancipation.
Across the Plains in 1884. E-book. Formato EPUB Catherine Sager - Catherine Sager, 2016 -
In April 1844 the Sager family took part in the great westward migration and started their journey along the Oregon Trail. During it, both Henry and Naomi lost their lives and left their seven children orphaned. Later adopted by Marcus and Narcissa Whitman, missionaries in what is now Washington, they were orphaned a second time, when both their new parents were killed during the Whitman massacre in November 1847. About 1860 Catherine, the oldest girl, wrote a first-hand account of their journey across the plains and their life with the Whitmans. Today it is regarded as one of the most authentic accounts of the American westward migration.