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    Whitman Mission

    National Historic Site Washington

Park Fun

A young visitor paints Indian designs on a rock.

Visitor makes her own pictograph. You can do this at home. Get a rock and some paint. Paint a traditional design or create one of your own. What does your pictograph say to people?

NPS

Crafts You Can Do at Home

Make Indian Moccasins

Make Adobe Bricks

Make a Model of a Covered Wagon

Make a Patchwork Quilt

Did You Know?

photo of Alice Clarissa's memorial marker

On her 29th birthday Narcissa gave birth to a daughter, Alice Clarissa. The Cayuse called her “Cayuse Te-mi” (Cayuse girl) because she was born on Cayuse land. Some historians see her as a potential bridge between the two cultures. Unfortunately Alice Clarissa drowned when she was 2 years old.