M ar c u s Wh it ma n 1 8 0 2 - 1 8 4 7 is Gowa itis D ds ge, ee , ” and his College C H E S T E R C OL L I N S M A XE Y e o e o au ht else ou r Were American N wc m n t o d n g , work is well d one ifwe su cceed in sharing with America a str engthened inspirati on t o continue the struggle t owards a nohler Civilizati on thr ough wider knowledge and u nderstanding ofthe ho es ambitions and d e eds o leaders in the ast p , , f p ’ l i f li a o r al o r ss who have u phe d C vi z ti n s mate i pr g e . ” o d le o o o ward As we l o/e hachwar t us l /e r . , f — CHARLES P ENROSE Sen i or Vi ce-Pr esident fo r North Ameri ca The Newcomen So ci ety of En glan d This statement cr stallizin a hroad ur ose o the Societ was rst read , y g p p f y, fi ’ at theNewcoinen Meetin at NewYork World s Fa ir on Au ust 1 g g 5 , 93 when America n Newcomen were guests of The British Gooernrnent ‘ Actorurn Memores simul aflectarnus Agenda — MAR C US W I 8 0 2 1 8 his Cou ra e HITMAN ( 7 47) g , his De e ds and his Whi tman C o lle e , g A Saga ofthe Nor thwest AM E I AN NEW C O M E N thr ou h the ears has honored R C , g y , numerous univ ersities and colleges in the United States o America and Canada and has honored the memories f , o coura e ou s ioneers whos e visi on ener d e termin f g p , gy, ati on u nceasin e ort and ahidin Faith laid the ou n , g ff , g f da ti ons u p on which were r eared e ducati o nal institu ti ons that have contrihu ted t o the intellectual and spiritual e e va e uch a Newco e anu scr t d v lopment of st ar as . S m n m ip is this dealing with the life and work and times ofan — amazing pi one er a man whose memory foreve r will he cherished as a Builder o the Paci c No r thwest where f fi , Whitman C ollege stands t oday as a monu ment t o him and t o his v e r wonder u l wi e ho th o who m sacri ced y f f , f fi their liv es that America might go forward in a glo ri ou s C onqu est of the Great West ! “23 So men e a e a e long as admir unf lt ring cour g , so long as men ze e e - e e pri individual initiativ and s lf r lianc , so long as men wonder about the eternal paradoxes of human e men are e the in b havior, so long as mov d by pathos of e e r e men e e xorabl t ag dy, and so long as xalt cons cration the er e God e to s vic of and man, so long, my fri nds, will the story of M arcus and Narcissa Whitman be cherished ” and rep eated . CH E STE R C O LLINS MAXEY M a r c u s Wh i t ma n 8 0 2 1 8 4 7 _his Coura his D ds ge, ee , and his College C H E S TE R C O L L LNS ZWAX E Y’ MEM B ER O F T H E NE W COMEN SOC I ET Y P RESIDENT W H IT M AN COLLEG E WALLA WALLA T H E N E W C O M E N S O C I E T Y I N N O RT H AM E R ICA N E W Y O R ! S AN F RANCI SC O M O NTR E A L 1 9 5 0 Co 1 o pyright, 95 C H E ST ER COLLINS M AXEY Permissio n t o abstract is granted pro v ided proper credit is allowed The Newco men So c as b o d iety , a y, is not responsible fo r opinions expressed in the following pages First Printing ! Novemb er 1 95 0 Second Printing ! November 1 95 o T is N co Add ss d i i h ew men re , eal ng w th the life and times and amazing deeds ofMarcu s Whit man ( 1 8 0 2 - 1 8 4 7 ) and with the beginnings of “ Whitman College,was deliv ered at the 1 95 0 . ” Inland Empi r e Dinner of The Newcomen So ci et o En a d d Dav o H o y f gl n , hel at enp rt tel, in o k W i o US A S . Dr M x p ane, ash ngt n, when . a ey a u s o o n o w s the g e t f h r, o ! u 1 0 n ne 9, 95 SET UP PRIIQTED AN D BOUND I N TH E UNIT D STAT S , E E OF AM ER ICA FOR TH E NEW COM EN PUBLICATION S IN N ORTH AM ER ICA BY PRIN CETON UNIVER S ITY PRE S S The M arcus and Narcissa Whitman who particu larly interest me were not alabaster saints or sanctimonious T e as e to be sa and e e do s . e bigot ru , th y did pir ints w r g a e el s el e but all e et m tic in th ir r igiou b i fs, not th ir pi ism could erase the ingrained traits of p ersonality which ma h e t e l a a l a t d h m intense y and f scin ting y hum n . It is e e t all e e e sl e as t simony of who kn w th m, thos who di ik d ell as e a e e a a and Na ssa w thos who dor d th m, th t M rcus rci W a e a l T e had al t e hitm n w re not ordin ry peop e . h y qu i i s — that set them apart not alone qualitie s of religious fer al t e a e a lt hu vor, but qu i i s of hum n str ngth and fr i y, of man and ll of a eat es and e t e wisdom fo y, hum n gr n s p t in ss, a a and e ls ma e and of hum n ch rm r pu ion, of hu n g nius e t in p itude . “ CH ESTE R CO LLINS MAXEY I 5 ]! ‘33 A arde n s o t amid stern lor o the Paci c Northwest the re g p g y f fi , n o wned and ertile Walla Walla Valle stretchin awa on the f y, g y e ast to the Blu e M ou ntains snowca s o the State o Washin ton , p f f g , forms a dramatic natu ral setting ofe qually dramati c liv es oftwo r o ntier i one ers o hi hest ou ra e a o e This f p f g c g nd highest pu rp s . re at Walla Walla Valle rich t oda in i ts cr o s and i ts ru its i ts g y , y p f , livest ocle and ou ltr i ts a ricu ltu re and i ts husbandr thi s valle p y , g y ; y - — made su perb by Walla Walla R iver swift ru nning between tree lined ban/es on an app ointed journey t o the mighty Co lumbia and — — the nce t o the Pacific Ocean is in itself a living and e ver pr oduc tiv e monume nt t o the liv es and d eeds of these two pi oneers of courage ofju st a century ago ! MARCUS WHITMAN ( 1 8 0 2 - 1 847) and hi s d ev o ted wi e N SS W 1 80 8 Veril f , ARCI A HITMAN ( y were they like tree—s planted by the waterside that will bring forth fru it in du e season becau se they were ofthe hou seho ld ofFaith! The strength oftheir v ery hills showed i n their lives and manifold or Toda Wh t an o lle e a Walla Wa e or al ze w hs . i m C t lla m m i i s y , g he None be tte the rea la E e o ea t er Wa h t m. r i n g t In nd mpir f s n s in t on cou ld tell this amazin recital than S O S g g CHE TER —C LLIN X Y D L D e e t e e h t a olle e M Ph .