Memoirs of the West: the Spaldings

Eliza Spalding Warren, daughter of pioneer missionaries Henry Harmon Spalding and Eliza Hart Spalding, was the first white child born in the Pacific Northwest. In this memoir she recalls life at the Clearwater Settlement in Idaho and her education at the Whitman Mission. At ten years old, she was an eyewitness to the Whitman Massacre. In addition to her reminiscences, Mrs. Warren includes letters from friends, entries from her mother’s diary, and letters and excerpts of lectures by her father.