Pioneers: The Missionaries
America the Story of Us: The Mountain Men (11:36 - 17:09)
| In the1820s, Trappers followed the routes of Lewis and Clark to kill animals, especially | |
|beavers, for their fur. In 1823, 300 Mountain Men headed for the Rockies to find their fortune. One| |
|in Five would not make it out alive. Jed Smith was one of the most famous of all the Mountain Men | |
|who opened trails to the west. | |
What danger does Jed Smith encounter?
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What survives as a result of Jed Smith and other Mountain Men?
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The West: Pioneers: Missionaries (30 to 35)
Narcissa and Marcus Whitman
| Christian missionaries were among the fist to travel west after Lewis and Clark and the mountain| |
|men. One of the most famous of the missionaries was Narcissa Whitman. She and her husband traveled | |
|along the early Oregon Trail to convert the Cayuse Indians in Oregon Country. Loneliness, sorrow, | |
|and frustration filled the life of Narcissa as she faced isolation and failure in her quest to bring | |
|Christianity to what she called a “dark and savage place.” | |
|How does Narcissa feel about the Cayuse she tried to convert? |
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|Why is Narcissa grieving? |
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|“Never was I more keenly sensitive to the self denials of a missionary’s life. Even now while I am writing, the drum and the savage yell are |
|sounding in my ears, every sound of which is as far as the east is from the west . . . Dear friends will you not sometime think of me almost |
|alone in the midst of savage darkness?” |
|Narcissa Whitman |
|How does this quote express the “darker side” of Manifest Destiny and the difficulties of the pioneers? |
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The West: Pioneers: The Sagers (55:45 to 1:07)
| The Sagers were a typical pioneer family leaving Independence, Missouri in 1844 to travel west on | |
|the Oregon Trail. They went with 72 wagons and 300 people. Young Catherine Sager kept a journal of | |
|her experiences on the trip, which included her mother and father, Henry and Naomi Sager, and their | |
|seven children aged 5 months to 14 years. They traveled 2000 miles in six months. | |
|What were a few of the hardships the Sagers encountered on their journey? |
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|Catherine recorded the last words of her mother and father: |
|“Poor child what will become of you?” – Henry Sager |
|“Oh Henry if you only knew how we have suffered.” – Naomi Sager |
|Left in a desperate situation, what happened to the Sager children? |
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American: The Story of Us: Pioneers and the Donner Party (17:09 – 29)
| The pioneers who followed the trails forged by the Mountain Men embarked on a treacherous 2,000 | |
|mile, six month journey into Oregon and California. One of the most famous pioneer stories is the | |
|Donner party. | |
|The Donner family, led by two brothers Jacob and George, left Springfield, Illinois in April of 1846. | |
|The 89 members of the party in 2 wagons followed the established trails until they came to Fort Bridger,| |
|Wyoming. From there, they detoured and lost valuable time waiting for their unscrupulous guide. They | |
|ended up in the Sierra Nevada Mountains late in the season and encountered an early October snowstorm. | |
|Trapped in the mountain passes, only 45 of the original 89 survived. What happened to the pioneering | |
|Donner party has become the stuff of legend! | |
Describe the story of the Donner Party:
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