Duty

(The word “Duty” was unusually important in the early history of America. Its significance was repeated over and over in our country’s early days. Below is a brief history of that word in our country’s founding. Do understand it.) The concept of patriotic “DUTY” was a well understood term by America’s founders. Webster’s 1828 Dictionary defined “DUTY” as: “That whichContinue reading “Duty”

How A Missionary saved an American sailor from being eaten by cannibals

(Do read this true story below as related by the intended victim. It is preceded by a history of whaling which is how this man who was almost eaten got to these savage islands and was captured.) “There she blows!” cried the lookout, sighting the great white whale, Moby Dick. The classic book, Moby Dick, was written byContinue reading “How A Missionary saved an American sailor from being eaten by cannibals”

Nez Perce & Flathead Indians, Missionary Dr. Marcus Whitman, & the Oregon Trail

After the Louisiana Purchase from France in 1803, Jefferson sent Lewis and Clark to explore the Northwest from May 1804 to September 1806, meeting natives tribes along the way. Several years later, in 1831, three Nez Perce Indians and one Flathead Indian, traveled 2,000 miles, all the way from the Oregon Territory to St. Louis, Missouri, looking for the “Book to Heaven.” Bishop Rosati wrote in the Annals of the Association of the Propagation of theContinue reading “Nez Perce & Flathead Indians, Missionary Dr. Marcus Whitman, & the Oregon Trail”