Across the Plains in 1844 eBook Catherine Sager Pringle
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One Sunday morning in the autumn of 1845 two men arrived at the station. One of them, Andrew Rodgers, was a young man of about twenty-five, tall and slender, sandy hair and sallow look that betokened ill-health. He sang hymns and played the violin,so the "Seceders," to which church he belonged, turned him out. His gentlemanly appearance and intelligence won the admiration of Dr. and Mrs. Whitman. He came to procure room and care for a friend who was ill with consumption.
Across the Plains in 1844 eBook Catherine Sager Pringle
My granddaughter came to visit so she could tour the Whitman Mission. As part of the "total experience" our family watched 7 Alone, the "story" of the Sager's emigration to Oregon in the 1840's.Seven Alone didn't include the Whitman Massacre which occurred in the fall of 1847. When we covered Oregon history in grade school the massacre was mentioned, but not really the reasons behind the attack. The Mission tour covers the issues of disease brought west to inhabitants without immunity, the concerns over the number of emigrants settling on tribal lands, and the traditional liability of tribal healers for treatments that do not prevent death. This book also covers those issues but provides the insight of someone who was there and experienced the events leading up to and during the massacre. The two Sager boys died during the massacre, the author is one of the Sager girls who survived the massacre.
I really appreciated the book for three reasons:
1) It provides a first person account of the Sager children's emigration which portrays the other members of the wagon train in a much better light than the Seven Alone movie. The movie portrays the children as abandoned by the other emigrants and traveling several hundred miles on their own prior to arrival at the Whitman Mission. The book points out that the children were assisted the by the other members of the wagon train from when they lost their surviving parent until they were placed in the care of Narcissa Whitman.
2) It describes mission life and how the Sager children were incorporated into the Whitman family for the years between their arrival at the Mission and the time of the massacre.
3) It provides a first person account of the events leading up to the massacre and the events of the nearly month long ordeal that was the massacre. In addition to the disease, alarm at the number of emigrants settling tribal lands and the failure of Marcus Whitman's medical treatment to prevent ill Cayuse from dying, the author identifies an outsider who arrived at the mission who incited trouble hoping to obtain wealth by eliminating the Whitman's. This individual convinced a good number of the Cayuse that Whitman's medicine was actually poison and that Whitman was administering it to eliminate the Cayuse and make room for additional emigrants to settle.
What an ordeal these girls and women survived during and after the slaughter of all the men during the massacre. Makes me wonder why this account by one of the Sagers was not featured more prominently during Oregon history lessons.
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Across the Plains in 1844 eBook Catherine Sager Pringle Reviews
I thought it was an interesting short read but I bought it for a friend who is a distant relative of this author, so I am sure it was much more interesting to her.
these are my relatives
Story was written by one of the children who experienced the trip across the plains, living at the Whitman missions,and the the massacre at Whitman missions in Cayuse country. She survived being a captive of the Indians who massacred Dr. Whitman, his wife and others. Well written. There were I am sure a lot of experiences she had but not recorded. I liked the book very much and recommend it highly.
I most enjoyed reading a a summary of traveling West in th he 1840's from a woman who experienced it.
Absolutely mind boggling the hardships of the average wagon train trying to cross thousands of miles of strange land. This story is even more amazing with twice orphaned children in the midst of the event! I could not even imagine living through this!
This somewhat stilted account, being a primary historical document rather than a polished autobiography, is nonetheless a fascinating view into a story made popular by Hollywood's movie on the same subject called SEVEN ALONE. Hollywood chose to give the movie a happy ending, but the true story is infinitely more heartrending and tragic. The reality of the pioneer trek from east to west in Catherine Sager's account debunks the romantic notion, still extant, of cowboys and Indians in the wild West, and showcases the courage and even insanity of those who made a way for generations to follow.
In 1975 I saw a film titled "Seven Alone," a cheaply made motion picture depicting a Missouri family's trek westward in the Oregon Rush of the 1840s. It was the story of the Sager children, seven young kids orphaned along the Oregon Trail, and it was inspired by a true story. "Across the Plains in 1844" was a manuscript written by Catherine Sager, one of those kids, who as an adult, wrote this small account of her childhood journey. Author Honore' Morrow would later write "On to Oregon," a fuller account of the same story. But, here is the original.
Anyone interested in the American westward movement in the mid 19th century should have this work, or Morrow's book, a fascinating glimpse into hitorical Americana.
My granddaughter came to visit so she could tour the Whitman Mission. As part of the "total experience" our family watched 7 Alone, the "story" of the Sager's emigration to Oregon in the 1840's.
Seven Alone didn't include the Whitman Massacre which occurred in the fall of 1847. When we covered Oregon history in grade school the massacre was mentioned, but not really the reasons behind the attack. The Mission tour covers the issues of disease brought west to inhabitants without immunity, the concerns over the number of emigrants settling on tribal lands, and the traditional liability of tribal healers for treatments that do not prevent death. This book also covers those issues but provides the insight of someone who was there and experienced the events leading up to and during the massacre. The two Sager boys died during the massacre, the author is one of the Sager girls who survived the massacre.
I really appreciated the book for three reasons
1) It provides a first person account of the Sager children's emigration which portrays the other members of the wagon train in a much better light than the Seven Alone movie. The movie portrays the children as abandoned by the other emigrants and traveling several hundred miles on their own prior to arrival at the Whitman Mission. The book points out that the children were assisted the by the other members of the wagon train from when they lost their surviving parent until they were placed in the care of Narcissa Whitman.
2) It describes mission life and how the Sager children were incorporated into the Whitman family for the years between their arrival at the Mission and the time of the massacre.
3) It provides a first person account of the events leading up to the massacre and the events of the nearly month long ordeal that was the massacre. In addition to the disease, alarm at the number of emigrants settling tribal lands and the failure of Marcus Whitman's medical treatment to prevent ill Cayuse from dying, the author identifies an outsider who arrived at the mission who incited trouble hoping to obtain wealth by eliminating the Whitman's. This individual convinced a good number of the Cayuse that Whitman's medicine was actually poison and that Whitman was administering it to eliminate the Cayuse and make room for additional emigrants to settle.
What an ordeal these girls and women survived during and after the slaughter of all the men during the massacre. Makes me wonder why this account by one of the Sagers was not featured more prominently during Oregon history lessons.
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