MOUNTAIN MEN AND MISSIONARIES

Entry Task

If you had to go and live in the woods for one year, what would you bring with you?

What do you think you would do to get food?

What kind of shelter would you have?

Oregon Country

Early on the Pacific Northwest went by the name Oregon Territory or Oregon Country

Hudson Bay Co. (British) vs. Rocky Mountain Fur Company(American) Hudson Bay did not let anyone else trap

in their territory. Although the were rivals they did help

one another in need.

Mountain Men

Read the section in your book on page 79.

Make a word splash. Example

Mountain Man Documentary

Entry Task

How did fur trade lead to settlement?

Settlements are not good for the Fur Trade

The popularity and riches brought more settlers

Fur trappers got lost and accidentally found the Southern mountain pass.

Missionaries- What Started it all?

In 1831 four members of the Nez Perce and Flathead tribes went to St. Louis

They were interested in the white man’s religion

William Walker described the visit in a letter to a Protestant magazine.

Opened up Missions in PNW

Oregon Missionaries

Jason Lee and Daniel Lee went to witness to the Natives

Ended up in the Willamette Valley to stay close to the fort

Reinforcements

The Lees decided they needed more people at their mission… mainly more women!

They eventually received 52 people with different skills

They had a successful settlement of white settlers but did not reach out to the Native population.

Jason Lee was fired

Spokane Garry

Educated at a Christian School in 1825 Returned to his tribe and became a

leader Taught his tribe Christian ways Didn’t require them to give up their

traditional way of life New missionary families argued with

Spokane Garry