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Converting the West: A Biography of Narcissa Whitman (Volume 3) (The Oklahoma Western Biographies) (Updated Edition) by Julie Roy Jeffrey, Jr Jeffrey Paperback, 256 Pages, Published 1994 ISBN-10: 0-8061-2623-X / 080612623X ISBN-13: 978-0-8061-2623-4 / 9780806126234 Narcissa Whitman and her husband, Marcus, were pioneer missionaries to the Cayuse Indians in Oregon Territory. Narcissa grew up in western New York State, her values and attitudes carefully shaped by her mother. Very much a child of the Second Great Awakening, she eagerly embraced the burgeoning eva |