Lyman's history of old Walla Walla County, embracing Walla Walla, Columbia, Garfield and Asotin counties . James M. Porter. Through him the doctor obtained an introduction to DanielWebster, then Secretary of State, with whom he talked about Oregon and thesaving of it to the United States, but Mr. Webster received him very coolly, andtold him it was too late, as far as he was concerned, for he had considered it,decided it, and turned it over to the President, who could sign Oregon away orrefuse to do so. Accordingly Doctor Whitman went to President Tyler, andfor some time they talked about Oreg
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Lyman's history of old Walla Walla County, embracing Walla Walla, Columbia, Garfield and Asotin counties . James M. Porter. Through him the doctor obtained an introduction to DanielWebster, then Secretary of State, with whom he talked about Oregon and thesaving of it to the United States, but Mr. Webster received him very coolly, andtold him it was too late, as far as he was concerned, for he had considered it, decided it, and turned it over to the President, who could sign Oregon away orrefuse to do so. Accordingly Doctor Whitman went to President Tyler, andfor some time they talked about Oregon. Even the Cabinet were called together, it is said, and an evening was spent on the subject. The objection was made thatwagons could never be taken to Oregon and that consequently the country couldnever be peopled overland by emigrants, while the distance around Cape Hornwas altogether too great to think of taking settlers to the country that way. Inreply to this. Doctor Whitman told of the great value of the country and of hisplans to lead an emigration through with their wagons the next summer. He. DR. WHITMAN LOST IN A SNOW STORM, 1842 OLD WALLA WALLA COUNTY 69 stated that he had taken a wagon into Oregon six years before to Fort Boise, thatothers had taken one from Fort Hall to Walla Walla, and that with his presentknowledge, having been over the route twice, he was sure he could take theemigrant wagons through to the Columbia. The President then said that hewould wait, before carrying the negotiations any further, luitil he could hearwhether Doctor Whitman should succeed, and if he should there would be nomore thought of trading off Oregon. This satisfied the doctor. He then went to New York to see Mr. Horace Greeley, who was known tobe a friend of Oregon. He went there dressed in his rough clothes, much thesame that he wore across the continent. When he knocked at the door a ladycame, Mrs. Greeley or a daughter, who, on seeing such a rough-looking person, said to his inq