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Ne hundred and fifty years ago the mission established by Marcus and Narcissa Whitman near present-day Walla Walla, Washington was a way station for overland immigrants to Oregon. An outbreak of measles in 1847 ravaged the Cayuse tribe which lived near the mission. Although Doctor Whitman gave medicines to the Indians the number of fatalities among the tribe continued to grow. On November 29, ...

PrenticeNet: R O O T S L I B R A R Y T O O L S N A M E S Site Updates Guest Book Prentice Queries Prentice Researchers Misc. Genealogy Links About PrenticeNet Narcissa Prentiss, American Martyr back to notable prentices These links provide additional information on Narcissa (note that they take you to sites outside of PrenticeNet): Whitman Mission, National Historic Site - The National Park ...

An Unusual Honeymoon What would be worse than spending your honeymoon in a tent How about sharing the tent with other people, including your ex-boyfriend. That's what happened to Oregon-bound pioneer Narcissa Whitman. Narcissa Whitman and her husband, Marcus, were the first family to travel to Oregon in a covered wagon. Their epic trip was an important event in American history, but the first ...

Notable Oregonians: Marcus and Narcissa Whitman- Missionaries Notable Oregonians home Marcus Whitman, 1802-1847 Narcissa Whitman, 1808-1847 Marcus Whitman was born in Rushville, New York on September 4, 1802. After studying under a local doctor, he received his degree in 1832 from the medical college at Fairfield, New York. Whitman practiced medicine for four years in Canada before returning to ...

Women of the West Narcissa Whitman Adah Isaacs Menken Narcissa Whitman Narcissa Whitman, a gentle missionary, became one of the most famous women of the West because she crossed the continent as one of the first two white women who managed almost the whole way from Independence, Missouri, to Oregon riding side-saddle (in Brown: 11), and Narcissa Whitman's daughter was the first child born of ...