Beeson, John. A plea for the Indians with facts and features of the late war in Oregon. N. Y. Beeson. 1857. p. 116-124.
Says Indians were not treacherous, but that the massacre of Whitman followed directly from his medical practice.
"We shall now see how it was that through the lamentable error of this practice [medicine], the good Dr. Whitman lost his life." p. 118.
Blaisdell, Albert F. The story of American history. Boston. Ginn. 1900. p. 342-345.
"How Dr. Whitman saved Oregon to the Union." A rather dramatic presentation for children. Inaccuracies.
Blanchet, Rev. Francis Norbet. Historical sketches of the Catholic Chruch in Oregon. Portland, n. pub. 1878. p. 133-183.
Defends the Catholics from charges of having incited the murder of Whitman.
Bliss, Edwin Mutisell. Encyclopedia of missions. 2v. N. Y. Funk. 1891. v. 2, p. 472.
One column. Says Whitman saved Oregon.
Bourne, Edward Gaylord. Essays in historical criticism. N. Y. Scribner. 1901. p. 3-109.
"Legend of Marcus Whitman," enlarged from the American Historical Review, 6:276-300 (Jan. 1901). Rejects most of features of the saved Oregon story and attempts to trace its origin and growth.
Bourne, Edward Gaylord and Scott, H. G. The Whitman myth, n. pub. 1905. 13 p.
Reprints from the Morning Oregonian, of March 29, 1903.
British and American joint commission for the final settlement of the claims of the Hudson's Bay and Puget's Sound agricultural companies. [Papers.] Washington. Gov't printing office, etc.; Montreal. Lovell. 1865-1869. 14v.
v 2. Evidence on the part of the Hudson's Bay Co. Montreal. Lovell. 1868. p. 213.
Deposition of Dugald Mctavish bearing upon the Whitman massacre.
v. 4 Memorial and argument on the part of the Hudson's Co. Montreal. Lovell. 1868 p. 142-149.
Shows services of the H. B. Co. in helping the American settlers. Analysizes testimony of W. H. Gray and scores him for his bitter partizanship.
v. 8. Evidence for the United States in the matter of the claim of the Hudson's Bay Co. Wash. McGill & Witherow. 1867. p. 75, 159-191.
Cross examination of Jos. L. Meek and testimony of W. H. Gray. Much material relating to the Whitman station. Gray swears that Whitman when in Washington interviewed President Fillmore!
Note. The compiler has been unable to examine a complete set of the above papers. The University of Washington Library contains but 8 out of the 14 volumes as shown in the printed catalog of the Library of Congress.
