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Whitman, Narcissa (1808-1847), was a missionary teacher to the Indians of the Pacific Northwest. Born on March 14, 1808, in Prattsburg, New York, she married the missionary Marcus Whitman in 1836. She was one of the first white women to journey overland to the Northwest. The couple began a mission among the Cayuse Indians at Waiilatpu, in what is now Washington. Indians killed the Whitmans and several other people on Nov. 29, 1847. See also Whitman, Marcus.
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