Whitman Mission

Marker reads:

The Great Grave

Time has dimmed the inscription of the coverstone of the Great Grave.

Reproduced here is a copy of the inscription from the original registry.

 

SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF

MARCUS WHITMAN

NARCISSA PRENTISS
WHITMAN

ANDREW ROGERS JR.

LUCIEN SAUNDERS

NATHAN KIMBALL

CROCKETT A. BEWLEY

ISAAC GILLEN

JOHN SAGER

FRANCIS SAGER

JACOB HOFFMAN

MARSH

AMOS SALES

JACOB D. HALL

_________________________

MASSACRED NEAR THIS SPOT
BY CAYUSE INDIANS

NOV. 29-30, 1847.


 

 

 

 

 

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