Marcus Whitman

“ Introducing a band of religious men into the country to exert a good religious influence on the Indians & the white population which may come in—especially near the mission stations. Counteracting papal efforts & influences. Releasing the missionaries from the great amount of manual labor, which is now necessary for their subsistance, & permitting them to devote themselves to appropriate missionary work among the Indians, whose language they now speak. Doing more for the civilization and social improvement of the Indians than the mission can do unaided. ”

“ Fine country for sheep—on the hills. Hudson Bay Co. have now 15,000 or 20,000 & have $800,000 or more to be invested by a collateral company for sheep, stock, lumber, agriculture &c 1000 sheep would not cost much over $100 annually—Mr. Spalding has about 100 sheep. ”