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Title
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Letter to Cyrus Walker on a visit from the Presbyterian Church's Board of Home Missions to the Warm Springs Agency
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Description
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A letter from the central office of the United Presbyterian Church of North America's Board of Home Missions, William S. Owens, to Cyrus Walker. At this time, Walker was the clerk at the Warm Springs Indian Agency and was involved in church work among the Natives there. Williams notes that he expects to visit Warm Springs soon and will be assigning new Presbyterian missionaries to live at Simnasho.
Cyrus Walker was the oldest son of the early Oregon Territory missionaries Elkanah and Mary Richardson Walker. He grew up at Tshimakain in the 1830s-40s, where he learned the native Spokane language. After joining the U.S. army during the Civil War and then attempting to make a living as a farmer, he became a teacher at the Warm Springs Indian Agency. These letters, documents and clippings shed light on his experiences as a missionary, a soldier, a pioneer and a teacher at Warm Springs. This collection was donated to Pacific University by Betty Thorne, a descendant of the Walkers.
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Creator
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Owens, William S.
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United Presbyterian Church of North America. Board of Home Missions.
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Date
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1890
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Is Part Of
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Cyrus Walker Binder 2
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Identifier
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PUA_MS102_1900_3.pdf
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Provenance
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Donated by Betty Thorn, Walker Family descendant.
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Rights
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http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/
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Type
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Text
