Description:
Massacre of Rev. Dr. Whitman of the Presbyterian Mission. An Artist's
Conception of the Murder of Dr. Marcus Whitman. Illustration from Clifford M.
Drury's Marcus Whitman, M.D. [Original plate from a wood-engraving by N. Orr
& Co. Plate originally published in Frances Fuller Victor's (1826-1902)
biography of Joe Meek, The River of the West, published ca. 1870. Reprinted
in Clifford Merrill Drury's (1897-1984) Marcus Whitman, M.D.]
Subject names:
Whitman, Marcus, 1802-1847--Death and burial., Waiilatpu Mission (Wash.)
Topics:
Missionaries--Northwest, Pacific--19th century., Missionaries--Oregon Territory., Whitman Massacre, 1847.
Geographic subjects:
Northwest, Pacific--Missions--19th century., Oregon Territory--Missions.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:8052