Seattle City Library, Seattle, Washington.
Catherine Carney Sager, born 1835, was the eldest daughter of Henry and Naomi Sager's seven children. While travelling on the Oregon Trail to what is now Washington State, both parents died due to illness. The children were taken to the Walla Walla Valley and adopted by the missionaires, Marcus and Narcissa Whitman. In 1847 the Whitmans and the 2 eldest Sager boys were killed in an attack on the mission by a group of men, including local Cayuse. After this, Catherine and her remaining three sisters were sent to Oregon City, Oregon, and Catherine was placed with the Rev. William and Mrs. Roberts. In October 1851, she married Clark Pringle, a Methodist minister. They had a farm near Salem, Oregon and raised eight children. About ten years after her arrival in Oregon she wrote an account of the Sager family's journey west, though she never found a publisher. She died on August 10, 1910 at the age of 75.
This collection contains two typescript autobiographies of Catherine Sager. The first is a 41 page typescript of "My Story" by Catherine Sager, based on the Seattle City Library copy. The second typescript is 23 pages, from the same copy.
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Catherine Sager Autobiography Typescripts, circa 1860-1900 (Cage 4088)
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.
The "My story" typescript was a gift from Maude L. Bentley, 1937. The 23-page typescript was a gift from Alice Bentley, 1962.
Elizabeth Sager Letter to Frederick Sager, 1855 January 15
Marcus and Narcissa Whitman Papers, 1823-1961
Preliminary Guide to the Cornelia Shields Papers, 1981-1992
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