Narcissa Whitman
A Hero Within
Background
- Born on March 14, 1808 in New York
- Was the third child of nine
- Was the eldest daughter
- Helped take care of her large family
Perseverance
- Had perseverance because she was helping her large family and never gave up
- Narcissa never gave up on traveling over the continent overland
- Her daughter and the Sager children she saved
Caring
- Was caring because she wanted to help her mother take care of her family and her brothers and sisters
- Saved Half Indian children and also saved the Orphaned Sager children
Faithful
- Narcissa had plenty of faith in herself while crossing the continent overland
- She also had faith while she was taking care of her child Alice, and the Sager and half Indian children
- When she went to school to become a teacher
- Teaching Christianity to the Cayuse Indians
Crossing the Continent Overland
- Wanted to be a Missionary at sixteen
- Got accepted after marrying Marcus Whitman
- Marcus and Narcissa's job was to teach Christianity to the Cayuse Indians
- One of the first two white woman to cross the continent overland
- Had a child (Alice)
Oregon Journey
- Before the Journey, she got married to Marcus Whitman
- Had a child on her twenty-ninth birthday
- Had a daughter named Alice
- Alice was born on March 14, 1837
- Alice drowned in the Walla Walla river in 1839
- Narcissa fell into depression
- Later, crossed the continent overland
Hero Within
- After Alice passed, Narcissa still had perseverance
- Had faith for crossing the continent overland
- Also had faith for being a missionary
- Narcissa had perseverance for taking care of Alice and her large family
Influenced History
- Influenced history because Narcissa was one of the first two white woman to cross the Oregon continent overland
- Also helped people and children including her large family and the Sager and half Indian children
Bibliography
National Park Service. U.S. Department of the Interior, n.d. Web. 28 Sept. 2012. <http://www.nps.gov/whmi/historyculture/narcissa-biography.htm>.
The Oregon Encyclopedia. N.p., n.d. Web. 28 Sept. 2012. <http://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/entry/view/whitman_narcissa_1808_1847_/>.
The Tragic Tale of Narcissa Whitman and a Faithful History of the Oregon Trail. Washington: n.p., 2006. Print.