The First White Man of the West

Timothy Flint (1780-1840) was an American clergyman, missionary and author. He graduated from Harvard in 1800 and entered the ministry of the Congregational Church in 1802, resigning in 1814 and becoming a missionary. He later became editor of the Western Review in Cincinnati, and Knickerbocker's Magazine in New York. His works include: Recollections of the Last Ten Years (1826), The Hunter, and Other Poems (1826), Francis Berrian; or, The Mexican Patriot (1826), A Condensed Geography and Histor