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-Marcus Whitman was born September 4, 1802 at Rushville, New York. "The West." PBS. PBS, 5 Aug. 1996. Web. 22 Apr. 2015. http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/people/s_z/whitman.htm.
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Narcissa Prentiss was born in 1808 in Prattsburgh, New York, into a devout Presbyterian family "The West." PBS. PBS, 5 Aug. 1996. Web. 22 Apr. 2015. http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/people/s_z/whitman.htm. "Whitman, Narcissa Prentiss (1808-1847)." HistoryLink.org- the Fre "Whitman, Narcissa Prentiss (1808-1847)." HistoryLink.org- the Free Online Encyclopedia of Washington State History. N.p., n.d. Web. 22 Apr. 2015. http://www.historylink.org/index.cfm?displaypage=output.cfm&file_id=10088.
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They reached the Walla Walla river and decided to found a mission to the Cayuse Indians. "The West." PBS. PBS, 5 Aug. 1996. Web. 22 Apr. 2015. http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/people/s_z/whitman.htm.
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In 1836 the Whitmans headed West with another missionary couple, Henry Harmon Spalding and his wife Eliza. "The West." PBS. PBS, 5 Aug. 1996. Web. 22 Apr. 2015. http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/people/s_z/whitman.htm.
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She started to lose her eyesite. The reasons were unknown. Jones, James. "Eye." Interpretation of a Dream in Which You Saw «». N.p., n.d. Web. 22 Apr. 2015. http://globe-views.com/dreams/eye.html. "The West." PBS. PBS, 5 Aug. 1996. Web. 22 Apr. 2015. http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/people/s_z/whitman.htm.
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Since their child drowned, they took in eleven children of deceased immigrants who died on the Oregon trail , including the seven Sager children whom they adopted in 1844. "The West." PBS. PBS, 5 Aug. 1996. Web. 22 Apr. 2015. http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/people/s_z/whitman.htm. National Oregon/California Trail Center Oregon/California Trails." National Oregon/California Trail Center Oregon/California Trails. N.p., n.d. Web. 22 Apr. 2015. <http://www.oregontrailcenter.org/HistoricalTrails
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On November 29, 1847, The Cayuse, under the leadership of the chief Tiloukaikt, took revenge for all the desiese the white's gave them. They killed fourteen whites, including the Whitmans, and burnt down all the mission buildings. "The West." PBS. PBS, 5 Aug. 1996. Web. 22 Apr. 2015. http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/people/s_z/whitman.htm.
