Unbeknownst: People of Oregon: 1845-1881

By RC Marlen

Mid-Nineteenth Century Oregon

Too young to avert danger, Mattie McAlister - an eleven-year-old runaway slave - walked alone to Oregon, hiding in daylight and walking in darkness. One rainy night, she bumped into Black Saul and feared he would abuse her like her half-brothers had. A moment later, her peril intensified as horse riders brandishing leather whips approached and stopped ten feet away. Overwhelmed with dread of a lashing, they dropped to the ground to hide. But this was only the first of her many encounters with danger. A week later, she was left with scars across her back when she lived through a bear attack with help from Robert Newell. And years later, on her trip to Celilo Falls with Joe Meek and Margaret J. Bailey, she walked away from a Cayuse kidnaper with a trophy of a feathered necklace and a digit from her attacker's finger.

Amid the historical events - the Cayuse Wars, Rogue River War, and Mexican War; the exodus of Oregonians to gold mines; the slaughter of missionaries in the Whitman Mission Massacre; and the making of Beaver Coins - Mattie fell in love with Albert Bayless. Unbeknownst to the guests at the engagement party, Mattie went to check on a sleeping baby and walked to her demise. While everyone danced the Virginia Reel - POOF - Mattie disappeared.

For decades, no one could solve the mystery of what happened to her though the solution was tucked in the back of a drawer. Then one day, Albert Bayless opened the drawer and the knowledge of Mattie's fate tumbled onto the pages of this book, Unbeknownst.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0990624714
• ISBN13: 9780990624714
• Release Date: February 2015
• Publisher: Sunbird Press
• Length: 350 Pages
• Weight: 1.13 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"