File:Captain John Sutter (1803-1880) presented this French-English dictionary to Reverend Elkanah Walker (1805-1877) in 1838. Walker (6f1de517-6fbb-442f-88f4-17d31e009f8f).JPG

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English: Dictionary (WHMI 61)
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English: NPS Photo
Title
English: Dictionary (WHMI 61)
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An old book with the front cover open, pages yellowed and speckled with age and spine cracking. The first page is filled with a handwritten note. The name Elkanah Walker can be made out.

Captain John Sutter (1803-1880) presented this French-English dictionary to Reverend Elkanah Walker (1805-1877) in 1838. Walker was also a missionary with the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions and helped establish the Tshimakain Mission among the Spokane tribe. Mrs. Mary Walker (1811-1897), wife of Elkanah Walker, wrote the inside inscription which reads: “Who crossed the plains with our party in 1838. He gave us this book as a parting memo when we parted at Dr. Marcus Whitman’s mission among the Cayuses in Oregon. He afterwards settled in Sacramento, Cal. & was the first to discover gold in Cal. in 1838. He died in June, 1880. His funeral was in Washington, D.C. M.R.W.” Catalog Number: WHMI 61 Object Name: Dictionary Medium: paper Date: 1829 Dimensions: width 22.5, height 13.0, thickness 4.0 cm
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English: Whitman Mission National Historic Site, Walla Walla County, Washington
Date Taken on 11 July 2018
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6f1de517-6fbb-442f-88f4-17d31e009f8f
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English: NPGallery
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English: Whitman Mission NHS Museum Collections

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