


Kevin Costner's The West
Oregon Trails
Season 1 Episode 3 of 8
The lives of Protestant missionaries Marcus and Narcissa Whitman, who sought to spread their Christian faith and bring their way of life to the Cayuse people. They helped facilitate the colonisation of the Oregon Country via the Oregon Trail before ultimately being killed during an attack on the mission site in 1847
Kevin Costner's The West airs on Sky History at 1:50 AM, Tuesday 30 September. (Subtitles.)
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