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Parker, Samuel
Parker, Samuel( 1779–1866),Congregational clergyman of Massachusetts, who in 1835 with Marcus Whitman went west to select sites for Indian missions. He continued to Oregon alone, while Whitman returned to organize a missionary party. His Journal of an Exploring Tour Beyond the Rocky Mountains (1838) is an account of this trip.
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