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Ch. 6 Early Missionaries & Pioneers (1834-1847) pgs. 166-191

Name: _________________             Pd.__________
Ch. 6. 
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Indian name for Catholic priests.
At the lowest level is a priest who runs the local church called a ___.
The economic importance of the ___ was sizable and convinced U.S. and British politicians to stake active claims in the Oregon Country.
Men and women who saw it as a divine mission from God to convert the Indians for the salvation of their souls.
Indians viewed mission sites with ___ and often treated them as if they were trading posts, taking goods and accepting services from the missionaries as payment for allowing them to settle on Indian land.
The Indians thought abandoning the customs of their ancestors was ___.
The missions grew to be ___ communities among the Indians.
In 1837, the U.S. economy went into a depression called the ___ of 1837 that left many unemployed, homeless and looking for new opportunities.
To many whites, Indians were primitive ___ and little different than wild animals.
Most Europeans and Americans considered their culture to be the most ___ in the world.
Protestants and Catholics competed for ___.
The head of the Catholic Church is the ___ who lives in the Vatican in Rome.
McLoughlin always encouraged Americans to settle ___ of the Columbia River.
The Catholic Church relies on both the Bible and ___ handed down through the centuries to provide for the spiritual needs of followers.
___ Indians also known as the Nez Perce.
Much to their surprise and dismay, the Lees found the local Indians ___ to convert to Christianity.
Fremont's work became a ___book for travelers journeying along the Oregon Trail.
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Many white thieves would dress as Indians and ___ wagon trains.
Narcissa Whitman and Eliza Spalding were the first ___ women to live in the region.
___ believed they should be guided by the Bible alone and faith in God and Jesus.
A German monk who protested what he saw as problems in the Catholic Church.
Coastal & Plateau Indians believed in an extensive ___ world.
Catholic ___ had great appeal to the Indians whose own religious practices involved elaborate ceremonies, chants, and dances.
The ___ acted as a guide to the spirit world for the tribe.
Other whites perceived Indians as little children who were ___ and simple, but with proper education and training could be brought into the realm of "sophistication and civilization."
Marcus & Narcissa Whitman chose to build their mission at ___ near modern day Walla Walla.
The inability of the first Protestant Missionaries to understand the Indians to which they preached brought ___ and hatred on both sides.
For Catholics, the prime means of expressing faith is through attending religious services known as mass and partaking in set rituals, called the ___.
Father ___ used a philosophy of allowing the Indians to maintain their tribal customs and traditional way of living that contrasted with the Protestant goal to "civilize" the Indians.
The Whitmans mistook the pride the Indians had in their own customs as signs of ___.
White fur traders and trappers lived among the Indians but did so only with the ___ of local tribes.
Catholic and Protestant ___ depicted scenes from the Bible and served as a timeline.
The Walkers and Eells settled near present day ___ and built Tshimakain Mission.