Native Sons of Oregon

“ That with the purest intentions, and with the best religious ideas of the times, the Presbyterian missionaries of the upper country found it impossible to implant spiritual religion in the minds of the aboriginal inhabitants of the earth. ”

“ These missions were not "Presbyterian missions," notwithstanding the historian's statements. Dr. Whitman and Mr. Spalding were Presbyterians and Messrs. Walker, Eells and Smith were Congregationalists. The American Board which supported them was sustained by gifts from the Congregational, Presbyterian and Dutch Reformed churches, and was a union society. The two latter denominations have since withdrawn their support from it, so that now it is distinctly Congregational. This misleading statement appears again on page 40. ”

“ Marcus Whitman, and supported by the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. Dr. Whitman was settled among the Cayuses in the Walla Walla valley, twenty-five miles from Fort Walla Walla of the Hudson's Bay Company. Rev. H. H. Spalding was stationed among the Nez Perces, eighty miles east of the superintendent, on the Clearwater river at a place called Lapwai; and a third station on a branch of the Spokane river, about forty miles from Fort Colville of the Hudson's Bay Company, was in charge of Elkanah Walker and Cushing Eells. who had charge of the Spokane Indians. ”

“ The members of the missions gave themselves to the work they sought to accomplish, and they knew that if their lands on which their missions were situated were alloted to any one, they would go to the Board, and not to themselves as individuals. This has been the policy of the Board wherever it established missions throughout the world.
Page:Oregon Native Son volume 2.djvu/254 On page 35 is found, "Dr. Whitman, in his vexation with the Indians, before leaving for the states, threatened them with bringing back many people to chastise them." I call for the proof! ”