Show THE occupation op OF OREGON continued cc from last wook tho the names of those who directed early fur far trading organizations have passed rito into oblivion with the exception of that hat of john jacob astor astor was a native of waldorf a small village go near nea r heidelberg I 1 1 ei d e 1 b e r g germany C er m a ny iio 1 1 e resided in 1 a london L 0 n d 0 i i temporarily t 0 mp 0 r ll 11 y alie where r 0 he ha was associated with his brother in merchandising must musical C at instruments A piano owned by john jacob jabob astor and valued at ten thousand dollars was a feature at the unveiling of tho the astor monument at astoria tn in 1827 1927 in 1783 ho he set out for america with seven flutes and twenty five rive dollars inside of six yera astor increased tho the dollars dollar sto to two bundred hundred fifty thousand an all immense sum in those days IVES his entrance into tho the fur business b siness was ac ci dental one of hla his S shipmates hip matea perga 9 tile atlantic was a fur trader wd find during an all enforced stay la in chesapeake day bay astor became sold gold on all the profits and arid of tho the fur industry ile he hired out to a quaker tur fur trader tor for two colars a week and ancl board beating and preparing turn tars ile ha put in all hla his spare time learning everything Overy thing possible bout about indians trappers and dealers with trinkets and on his back he be tramped tile woodland trails of western and northern now new york visiting tho the tiro the wilderness and the tur fur bearing in fix 1803 1808 astor had become a national figure jefferson consulted him on the expansion ot of our commercial interests in tha west vest lit in 1810 astor sent out the Ill fated tonquin ile he founded fort astor at astoria which later inter became fort george the war of 0 1812 disturbed conill coridi tlona dons and astor relinquished his interest in tile the oregon country astor was not lacking in imagination nor ideals when lie he died in 1848 1849 lio ho left it ft an estate of thirty million dollars and founded a great american family reverend neve rend marcus marcua whitman was religious by nature and took a medical course through necessity he practiced medicine in canada tor for tour four years in 1834 he received an appointment point mont from the american board of commissioners for foreign missions to carry on an work tor for that organization iz iza tion atton in 1835 in company with reverend samuel parker he ha traveled an aa far west as green iziver but turned back ostensibly tor for the purpose ot of securing funds recruits and supplies although some accounts state that it was on account of difficulties with reverend Hever end parker who found him an intolerable traveling companion in 1836 whitman married narcissa prentiss immediately afterward ho he started west in company with his bride reverend Kove rend 11 II H spalding lne and w wife ife and william 11 gray A markor marker carlt two miles above pacific springs or on tile the west slope elope of south pass wyoming lindic indicates atef the place where this company camped on july 4 1830 1836 mrs whitman and mrs afro spalding were merethe we rethe the first white women to crops south pass and marcus Whit whitman was the first white man to take a wagon and cross the rocky mountains an earlier attempt to cross the mountains with wagons this year ended in the wind river moun in 1842 whitman was inspired to save the oregon country for or tile the united states to do this he made a journey from oregon to washington Wash inkton D I 1 C in anthe fhe winter of 1842 43 lie ile passed through old fort hall twelve m miles lies northwest of pocatello through fort r orl uintah in northeastern utah and fort uncompahgre south of montrose Mont roae in colorado this trip la Is u unparalleled in history tor for continuous endurance whitman established a mission at in 1842 discontent airoso among the indians in 1848 1846 which continued until november 29 1847 when dr whitman his wife and some others were massacred by the indians miss mary bridger baldger daughter of james bridger was later ransomed rans omed through tho the efforts of peter skene ogden helen marr meek afeei daughter of joseph L meek died two days after the massacre Whit mans name to la principally commemorated through whitman college |