• bible sitting next to a teapot

    Whitman Mission

    National Historic Site Washington

Remains of Indian Sweat Lodge

Round stones in hole.
Cache of rocks from site of Indian sweat lodge, near the bank of the old Walla Walla River channel - 1941. Approximately 50 feet southwest of First House.
[C-1-15, Negative #547]
NPS photo
 

Did You Know?

picture of tule lodge

The tule lodge offers a comfortable place for the people inside. The structure is held up by wooden poles and covered with mats made of tule. Tules are a type of sedge; they grow in marshy areas; and are also called "bullrushes." Tules are stronger than they look. A tule lodge can withstand rain and wind.