Mission House Foundation and Cellar
View of west portion of the Mission House ruin. The workman stands on the large kitchen hearth. Another hearth can be seen in the Indian Room (lower right-hand corner) and in Room B (upper left).
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Cellar of Mission House showing charred flooring fallen from the room above. The trowel stands beside a joist. The workman points to a small pit where white paint (face paint?) and a perfect soapstone elbow pipe were found. Apparently these were placed here by an Indian or Indians for reasons unknown to us.
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From: " A Report on the Second Season's Excavations at Waiilatpu" by Thomas R. Garth. 1948.
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Did You Know?
The mission at Waiilatpu had a sawmill supplying it with needed cut lumber. It was located in the Mill Creek drainage. Lumber was needed for the split rail fences and finishing the houses built at the mission.