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Whitman's Ride
times treated "the white squaws" with the greatest courtesy. Mrs. Whitman marks this in her diary. She says:
"One of the chiefs brought his wife to our tent, and taking off his cap and bowing gracefully, introduced her as politely as any civilized man. Such encourages me to believe that much can be done for these poor people, and I long to be at work."
