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Vol. III No. 1

The following list of references relating to Marcus Whitman has been prepared for the Reference Department of the University of Washington Library. It is submitted for publication as a means of saving cards and space in the library catalogue, and also with the hope that it may prove useful to students and neighboring librarians.

As to scope, the list covers the following points :


 * 1) Biographical material.
 * 2) The "Macedonian cry" of the Indians as a cause of Whitman's connection with the Oregon Mission.
 * 3) Whitman's Waiilatpu station of the Oregon Mission of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions.
 * 4) Whitman's ride.
 * 5) The Whitman massacre.
 * 6) The controversy over Whitman's political influence. In connection with this controversy arises the question of the attitude of the United Stales Government towards Oregon, especially during the years immediately preceding Whitman's visit to the East in 1842-43. Owing to the large amount of material relative to this question, it has been excluded from the list with the exception of some few references to authorities that have been prominently brought into the controversy.

As to arrangement, the references have been given in three groups :

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 * 1) Manuscripts.
 * 2) Books.
 * 3) References to periodicals and the publications of societies.