William H. Winter ( 1819-1879 ) was an American explorer . He was born in Vigo County , Indiana . He settled in Missouri in 1841 . In 1843 he emigrated with Overton Johnson to the Oregon Country , and then ( without Johnson ) to Alta California . Winter and Johnson published an account of their journey in 1846 entitled '' Route across the Rocky Mountains with a Description of Oregon and California '' . The first six chapters were published in the '' Oregon Historical Quarterly '' , volume 7 ( 1906 ) ; the full manuscript was republished by the '' Princeton University Press '' ( 1932 ) , which noted significance of a chapter which had not been published in the '' OHQ '' reprint to the historical understanding of the Whitman massacre
Whitman massacre
Whitman massacre
William H. Winter