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Ten years in Oregon : travels and adventures of Doctor E. White and lady, west of the Rocky Mountains, with incidents of two sea voyages via. Sandwich Islands around Cape Horn, containing also a brief history of the missions and settlement of the country, origin of the provisional government, number and customs of the Indians, incidents witnessed while traversing and residing in the Territory, description of the soil, production and climate of the country

Title
Ten years in Oregon : travels and adventures of Doctor E. White and lady, west of the Rocky Mountains, with incidents of two sea voyages via. Sandwich Islands around Cape Horn, containing also a brief history of the missions and settlement of the country, origin of the provisional government, number and customs of the Indians, incidents witnessed while traversing and residing in the Territory, description of the soil, production and climate of the country / compiled by Miss A.J. Allen.
Author
Allen, A. J., Miss.
Publication
Ithaca, N.Y. : Mack, Andrus, & Co., Printers, 1848.

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Additional Authors
  • White, Elijah, 1806-1879.
  • Frémont, John Charles, 1813-1890.
  • Washington State Library. Classics in Washington History.
Description
430 pages; 21 cm
Summary
Dr. Elijah White, described by Howes as a "fervent Presbyterian missionary and political propagandist," ventured to Oregon in 1842 and returned in 1845. Mintz notes that White's party "started from Independence in May of 1842, in company with Medorem Crawford with L.W. Hastings joining them later. Allen speaks of obtaining Thomas Fitzpatrick as guide at Ft. Laramie to take them to Ft. Hall."
Alternative Title
Dr. White's travels and Oregon adventure
Subject
  • White, Elijah, 1806-1879 > Travel > West (U.S.)
  • White, Elijah, 1806-1879
  • Missions > Oregon
  • Overland journeys to the Pacific
  • Missions
  • Overland journeys to the Pacific
  • Travel
  • Oregon > Description and travel
  • Northwest, Pacific > Description and travel
  • Oregon
  • Pacific Northwest
  • West United States
Note
  • Sabin, 103377.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
LCCN
20009969
OCLC
  • ocm24195386
  • 24195386
  • SCSB-255158
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library