Mrs Terrie F Biggs

Some Trails Never End Mrs Terrie F Biggs

Publisher Marketing: Some Trails Never End is the story of two missionary family's inspiring and tragic story. The two wives were the first American women to go overland to the Pacific Northwest, which ultimately resulted in the formation of the Oregon Trail, and how the families forever changed the lives of the indigenous tribes of the Pacific Northwest. The story begins with the culture of the Cayuse tribe as told by Chief Stickus, as he tells about his childhood experiences. Stickus became friends with the two missionary families and continued his narrative until his fellow brothers were hanged. In the meantime, Marcus and Narcissa Whitman lived a most remarkable, courageous, and often ignorant life among the Cayuse, ending in tragedy. Seven Sager children were taken in by the Whitmans and raised as their own. Catherine, the oldest girl, tells of their heartbreaking journey west, their adventurous life at the mission, and their terrifying experiences during and after the attack on the mission in 1847. Lorinda Bewley was a young woman "rescued" from the mission by a local chief who relates her harrowing ordeal as the chief took her as a wife. Find out the price that was paid for her ransom. The trial of the Cayuse accused of the killings ends with what a legendary Cayuse chief did to save his people. At last, the full story of the Cayuse, the Whitmans, the Sager children, Lorinda Bewley, the killings at the Whitman mission, and the trial is told in one stunning and riveting novel with "side-trails" of colorful characters and adventures.