"I will call for you at three." The Vice-President called, and was surprised to find Mr.Meek still in his buckskins.
"You do not intend to go in that habit to the reception ?" said he.
"Yes," said Mr.Meek, "or else not go at all.

In the first place, I have nothing else to wear, and what is good enough for me to wear among the people of Oregon is good enough for their representative here." We have given, in these two anecdotes, very nearly Mr.Meek's own words.
A few days after the visit of this most extraordinary man, another visitor came.

She was an earnest-looking woman, on an Indian pony, and there was a benevolence in her face and manner that drew the whole school into immediate sympathy with her.

The lady was Mrs.Spaulding, one of the so-called "Brides of Oregon." Her husband had come to the Territory with Dr.Whitman and his bride.

The long missionary journey was the bridal tour of Mrs.Whitman and Mrs.Spaulding.They were the first white women who crossed the Rocky Mountains.