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Whitman Mission Portraits by Drury Haight from sketches by Paul Kane. Courtesy, estate of Clifford M. Drury. Emigrant Trails Hall of Fame Oregon-California Trails Association Marcus & Narcissa Whitman Biography After their 1836 marriage, Marcus and Narcissa Prentiss Born: Whitman joined a fur traders caravan and crossed the plains to establish a mission near today’s Walla Walla, Marcus Whitman: 1802, Rushville, New York Washington. Prior to their marriage Narcissa, a teacher, Narcissa Prentiss: 1808, Prattsburg, New York had wanted to travel west as a missionary, but single Died: 1847, Waiilaptu, Oregon Country women were forbidden to do so at that time. Narcissa’s much publicized journey and many letters helped open the Married: 1836, Angelica, New York way for other women to migrate west in later years. Trail pioneers and missionaries Waiilaptu, the Whitman Mission, was established in Cay- use Indian territory and became an important stop on the Oregon Trail. Marcus, who was a doctor, farmed, minis- Achievements tered and provided medical care, while Narcissa established a school for Native American children. In 1843, Mar- Emigrants 1836. Among first missionaries cus helped lead one of the first large parties of wagons to the Northwest over the trail from Fort Hall, Idaho, helping establish a via- ble route for emigrant families. Narcissa was one of the first two Euro- In 1847 measles killed many of the Cayuse, who blamed American women to cross the Rockies the Whitmans. In what became known as the Whitman Parents of first white child born in Oregon Massacre, the Cayuse killed Marcus and Narcissa and a Country dozen other settlers, leading to the Cayuse War. The site of the former mission is now preserved as the Whitman Marcus led first large party of settlers from Mission National Historic Site. Fort Hall to Oregon (1843) In 1953 the State of Washington contributed a statue of Marcus Whitman to the National Statuary Hall in the US Capitol in Washington, D.C. .

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