Show II HOW THE TUE COURAGEOUS COUR WHITMAN SAVED OREGON Dr Is fe one of ot our national heru whoso name and ami Uuno und grateful memory the lie Amerlean tot Inn will ever lovo loo to dwell upon perpetuity of la lu secure ns us much HO so as ns that of l Allan of ot or Pr Dr Thomas or J lu 1 Putnam Putnum pt of or of ot Kentucky I or Georgia N ClaiH of ot Illinois H or Dr ll cutler of ot tho thu of ot at sad anil the tho Northwest The Tho trouble with Bomo Sono titan nion who un undertake to write history only to 10 It la Js their ther tu to comprehend how ono elm con bo by any allY moral of ot motive and ond o out llo the tho common or above the commonplace As Ai of ot Is la well known Or Oro i son ion Included what Is 10 now the tho three meat groat status states of or Oregon Or Ron Wash Washington ington and Idaho Tills Thin van tho the vast vague Northwest until almost tip lip to 10 the middle of ot Urn the Jest century n kind of ot no mans monR land Eminent J statesmen like Webster old and others almost exhauster exhausted their powers of rhetoric In hug ing III the supposed of ot that lo reulon relon re between tho Hockles and und tho It Is a Ii l mistake moreover to tu suppose that Oregon was Included In the purchase of ot 1682 Franco nov nev nover never er eI had Mil laid claim to any 1111 lauds west of ot the Hocky or of tho thu meal Great Divide Thomas Jefferson writing 31 91 1310 1910 The Tho western boundaries of ot Louisiana Loul U is rightfully tho the Hlo Uto Bravo from Its III lt mouth to Its tta source and thence theme along the highlands mid and mountains dividing tho the waters of or ortho tho tiro Mississippi from tram those of ot tho the tho IV Ia 11 rifle On Oh the waters of oC the Pa ln ve we eau cnn e found no nu claim In right of ot Louisiana Nominally by tho treaty tr nty of ot Florida 1810 1910 Spain which had hal jurisdiction ov over r land west of ot the former French coi cot nay ony Oil Including the coast terri tern territory tory tor y north of or latitude 42 auto to t tho 1 is United to settle with what the tho northern boundary should bo be Je Hut Dut apart from tram this tills the United States based Its claim to the Oregon country on rn the tho right of ut discovery In III 1792 Capt amy Oray n a daring Now New sailed around Cape Horn and up III tho the Pacific to the tho mouth of ot tho the Co Columbia lumbia lumbin taking of ot the tho coun country try In the tho name ut of tha the United State Thirteen yens urs IntI r In III 1861 1801 3 and 1111 Clark dark he mouth of uC the Colum Columbia l bia bla hl on ml thou h overland trio In ht Ml 1911 John Johll Jacob A Astor ASlor star who though n ngi 1 gi great at fur fUI trader never pretended to be beu bea Je u II great erent Patriot d a n trading post on the t II Columbia a Hut But the tho Hudson my Ray company ono anD anDor of or the most nuwt astute com coin ever eer wit a n factor t tor that hind had to 10 be bo with when no nor nobody body In III tha his United States appeared to have any knowledge of ot that and 1111 Its anti only dreamed of at It us its dill did In his hili Immortal composed In 1812 as OR thu Continuous woods Where rolls rolla the tho Oregon and hears nu sound sou nd Savo her hor own lashings 1 1 till the load dead reign there alone The rho and the monstrous no nor notions lions which throughout tho the country and ovon among lending at nt Washington Wn a I already mentioned from Webster clo down would today seem Incredible If It It were not for tal tho tiro wall noil known now on Oil record l 1 voll nit the th wonderfully Interest lug ing report of ot I nail Clark remained for rOl yearn hidden In their oth ctrl pigeonholes For soma omo yours years there thero was Indeed u i kind of academic dispute going on between I bent und this the Untied United I over cJ I the or ot sure some northern boundary from tin thu les During the tile pr jl I campaign of t 1910 1840 thoro lucre wei were some mock over oel tho watch watchword woid l Fight Hut the tho sound ami fury tut of ot It 11 quickly died deed out Olt Thera There ens which either wither Cot Coti groat or 0 II the tho people apparently cared en red IO H than might become olle of ot Oregon Now what of Dr Marcus Whitman Who Vho was VIB he Ins h did ho h over VII do elo the t this his hll namo nano should be that his hili memory should bo be emblazoned on 01 ono one of or tho rho most MId pages In lu tho the of ot curly American territorial and that especially e Ovary iv should KhouM point tho the youth O of r the to Marcus an nil o 0 om who ut nl it u most moat critical time limit did dill nfl met to u tho Iho hI ln to lo Iso Ize American patriot In the th a I native of ot Central Now Nu York was Wll u tt un 1 n sent out by b th American I bond to the HIP Indians In n Oregon O lon hl hU missionary society the OMIt of lla hill In III Ain r d that on the lite further lido of or the Hooky talus ni n In no nn name homo IlI Nothing could flatin more foreign ox OJ O M as human could he for tor Olga to tin lie dominating of or 1111 wino sympathy Whitman went wentla to tn Oregon He Jle and situ another missionary with their wives their way ity 11 on Ott heels wheels across doe desert rl plait mountain of ot white man and women together lher tun II rut who over burst burnt Into that awful legion Tho 1110 Indiana Instinctively cI i of ot their lood Intent welcomed them Undo were wert erv built on nn tho tile Walla river one Onu of or tho thu Drat till things HUH tulle wits wan wanto to start tArt n d school und and to lu tt lunch toh tho the In ln Indian n dian to cultivate the soil They found Micro t 1010 no desert but hilt a I t I VI ve i mintry slid and lid a 11 most kindly was nn no letter better than tin thin Ihl mn inn with Him but he ho had h moro moo vision U 11 wa was Illio what Lord i brry rolls fulls mys mye mystic tic II lb To Tu the Ih last practical and oven ovon O ln lie he at nt tho the canto muno thou limo had hili and 1111 wax was visionary K as o he lie did dl 1 1 the e of ut that vast vant anti fruitful I raglon he lie saw SR at lit once whet it was nii to be nut Hut moro inure titan this th III lie hp had tho the sense seme und amt sitKa aia city elt to see seo in the thi of ot It what rent Great through Its Hudson Hay liny JIll company Its woe was wn plan plau planning ring ning nil to 10 do to 10 get let possession of ot this country lim what hat 11 I Whitman In tuft felt was wan a this the lit t pt lt danger dunKer lest ut the tho at nt it ton in their strange of ot thus the country should Ive It away The thought upon Ids his hi mind It him Day Du mutter after day Iny lie hI prayed over It Something must be ho done lotIO It must roost bo ha e done dohs now it was know knew the nM as n ho hu knew I It II must go au and toll loll the and others about alMut It li lithe the possibility Ilo und tutu of or delay must be and ion colt ducted ml and over the th moun moue to or and the hire end anti above nil all tu to for far the veal vast va t twirl teat tory tort tot the tho of the thu kind III nIl of ot If It someone do tide this why wh not he heIt li h hIt It yens In III Ills his Lonec bone that h hI he must no gu 0 and iu Ile ho h ltd did with but hut a n single Inlo un on that ly Home horseback lc Journey In IiI mill for tor ninny hundred hundreds of ot miles through th this snow over ways 11 which no nu white whit whiteman whitman man hind had over hll tr d HP Ire lJ won went t tas on uli with t an nil sublime a 0 nn Ill over uvo nn nil American In iii tiny line or of f hi duty dUI has bean by hy tint not hulling anywhere until no Ito fw and In hI an nn interview with J 1 t tIer Tyler ry ter Ier and of State Sinto Dankl Webster ho had explained d his due minion slog and tutu till tI f p burden ot of Its his patriotic PJ mc mcf II sago I O w Prom Whitman Whiten camo on oil to the Ihl o of hum hili missionary received Him coolly being like othen sloW Io to 10 MO sae M 1111 he wi did ld what whal It all meant Jh lint l the Whitman spirit rot got into the tho nil all atul reread A popular wan A j company of or sotto Mama MOO mi 1111 migrants migrant worn were got wot together through his And Anil In III Ur hr Mat Whitman piloted the lust nl t treat great colony colon thin this most mot me memorable In morable American ti k which what hut hud done 1011 lilt did have hays the tho to lo save ave Oregon to the tho Union Murals having with shell 1011 luring heroism and an 1 done what ha ht find hud sot get out to lu do and Insured th the great point paint almod almot at et hi wont went quietly on 01 with willI missionary work with n never ver a boost boast of or what he lied had done Ione never a thought as 1111 to any advantage or any loss lose to himself fly lly II whomsoever milled and by what whet ever r their minds had lied been poisoned certain Indian Indians to whose whore he hud hind given riven hi lily life lite lit repaid r it lit w wIth Ith Ili ma massacre acro Whitman hl equal equally Iv ly heroic wife and nd tight eight other ther mis mis missionaries perished hll together to eth lint But the stirring memory of ot what whitt Dr Marcus Marcos Whitman did dill to save ave Oregon to 10 the Union will not nut perish from tho tiro annals annAl of ot America so ao long Ions as mur Mo men love lovo truth and revere the deeds of ot unselfish h heroism Chicago |