Main cause of Whitman Massacre

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I think the main cause of the Whitman Massacre was Dr. Whitman not being able to heal the natives . According to oregonpioneers.com, when the native started to die of diseases, that was when tensions started to escalate. Also according to the book Washington: A State of Contrasts, the natives viewed Dr. Whitman as a medicine man. In that culture, if a medicine man could not heal someone, they could die. On the site oregonpioneers.com, it states that after that point tensions steadily escalated. That is why I think the main cause of the massacre was native getting sick and Dr Whitman not being able to heal them.

Roman Catholics

I think Roman Catholics were the most successful at converting natives. According to Washington: A State of Contrasts, they were more successful because they didn't alter native lifestyles, and because they traveled with the natives. The book also states that the Roman Catholics were more successful than Protestants because their church ceremonies appealed to the Native Americans.

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Rocky mountain fur

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I would have copied Rocky Mountain Fur company because they minimized costs without losing much profit. They had no ships, no forts, no Indians to buy trinkets for. They still made huge amounts of money off of the mountain men trading their furs to them for goods the mountain men needed. The American Rocky Mountain Fur site states that the mountain men were veterans in the trade. This would make them effective and efficient trappers. According to the Rocky mountain fur site, the Rocky Mountain Fur company was constantly a challenge to the Hudson Bay company, which at that time dominated pretty much everything.

The Northwest company

I believe that the most successful fur trading company was the Northwest fur trading company. The first reason for this is that they expanded a lot. According to the book Washington: A Sate of Contrasts, the Astorians were bought out by this company. Since they bought out Astoria, it is proof of their influence in the fur trade. According to nwcouncil.org, the Northwest company was much better organized and managed then the Pacific company. According to oregonpioneers.com, from 1813 until 1821, the Northwest company had no competition in the Pacific Northwest. This proves that they were a force to be reckoned with. That is why I think they were the most successful fur trading company of the four. 

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Lewis and Clark's journey

In my opinion, the hardest part of Lewis and Clark's journey was the crossing of the Bitterroot Mountains. On the National Geographic website it states that they were so low on food at this point in the journey that they had to eat three of their horses. It also states that they would likely have died without the fresh horses that they received from Indians. Additionally the Lewis and Clark historic trail site states that they nearly starved when they crossed the mountains. Lewis-Clark.org states that in Lewis's Journal he says the snow was 12 to 15 feet, and that it invelloped them.  

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McCall

The coolest thing I did during spring break was go to McCall. While the rest of my family except for my mom and sisters skied, stayed at the condo and took a nap. While this sounds rest full for some, it was boring. But that aside, McCall was beautiful. It got tons of snow while we were there.  That was what I did on spring break.

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Intrests in North America

     There were several countries interested in North America. The first of these was Spain. Spain had three main reasons to explore North America. According to Washington: A State of Contrasts, a book by Dale Lambert, the first thing was they wanted the western entrance to the northwest passage. With the northwest passage explored, they wold be able to have much faster trade in the northern hemisphere.  Their second interest was control of the Native Americans. Their final interest was gold and silver, according to Washington: A State of Contrasts by Dale Lambert.
    The next country interested in North America was Great Britain. They wanted only one main thing, and that was the northwest passage. If they could find it, it would give their navy a foothold in the area, and from there they could safely trade without Spain attacking them.
    The next country interested was Russia. According to Washington: A State of Contrasts, a book by Dale Lambert, Russians were interested in discovering the Bering Straight, claiming Alaska,establishing trapping and trading posts, and exploring islands north of the Queen Charlotte Islands.

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The last country to explore this area was the U.S.  The U.S. was interested in establishing a claim in the area. They did this through the Lewis and Clark expedition, and Captain Robert Grays expedition.