Dr.Whitman was murdered by the Indians soon after the settlement of the Walla Walla country by the pioneers from the Eastern States.
Mr.Mann's inspiration to become a missionary pioneer on the Oregon had been derived from a Boston schoolmaster whose name also the Northwest should honor.

An inspired soul with a prophet's vision usually goes before the great movements of life; solitary men summon the march of progress, then decrease while others increase.

Hall J.Kelley was a teacher of the olden time, well known in Boston almost a century ago.

He became possessed with the idea that Oregon was destined to become a great empire.

He collected all possible information about the territory, and organized emigration schemes, the first of which started from St.Louis in 1828, and failed.