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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Stewart L. Udall, Secretary

NATIONAL PARK SERVICE George B. Hartzog, Jr., Director

HISTORICAL HANDBOOK NUMBER 37

This publication is one of a series of handbooks describing the historical and archeological areas in the National Park System administered by the National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior. It is printed by the Government Printing Office and can be purchased from the Superintendent of Documents, Washington, D.C., 20402. Price 45 cents.

WHITMAN MISSION NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE

By Erwin N. Thompson

National Park Service Historical Handbook Series No. 37 Washington, D.C.: 1964

here they labored among the Cayuse Indians

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It is a distinct pleasure to acknowledge my indebtedness to Jack Farr, formerly with the National Park Service, and Robert L. Whitner, Whitman College, Walla Walla, Wash., who prepared the material on which most of this manuscript was based.

E. N. T.

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