I owe it to my country's future to do this.

I have eaten the grapes of a promised land, and I must return to my own people with the good report.

I believe that the best life of America will yet be here--it seems to be so revealed to me.

My mission was to the Indians; it is now to induce colonies to come to the Oregon." "Well, each heart knows its own calling and duty, and none of us are led alike.

Father Lee, Gretchen has been reprovin' me, though she shouldn't, perhaps, being a girl.