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Unsettled ground : the Whitman Massacre and its shifting legacy in the American West Cover Image Book Book

Unsettled ground : the Whitman Massacre and its shifting legacy in the American West / Cassandra Tate.

Tate, Cassandra, (author.).

Summary:

"Historian Cassandra Tate proposes to assemble the story of the Whitman Massacre from the many accounts while including the native point of view to provide a greater context to the event."--Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781632172501
  • ISBN: 163217250X
  • Physical Description: xx, 283 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 23 cm
  • Publisher: Seattle : Sasquatch Books, [2021]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-279) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
The attack -- The Imperial Tribe -- The missionaries -- Destination Oregon -- Early years at Waiilatpu -- The disillusionment becomes mutual -- Explosion of grief and violence -- Aftermath -- Canonization -- Reinterpreting the Whitman "Tragedy."

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Subject: Whitman Massacre, 1847.
Cayuse Indians > Oregon > History > 19th century.
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Waiilatpu Mission (Wash.)
Oregon > History > 19th century.
Washington (State) > History > 19th century.
Whitman Mission National Historic Site (Wash.)
Whitman, Marcus, 1802-1847 > Statues.

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