Question

why did Narcissa and marcus whitman fail in their efforts to convert the cayuse indians to christianity

Answer 1

Narcissa and Marcus tried to convert the cayuse Indians to Christianity, at first, many of the tribe members attended service, but with a lack of communication, (Neither understood what the other was saying) the tribe lost interest.

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Answer 2

Narcissa Prentiss Whitman was an American missionary in the Oregon Country of what would become the state of Washington. Along with Eliza Hart Spalding, she was the first European-American woman to cross the Rocky Mountains in 1836 on her way to found the Protestant Whitman Mission with her husband, Marcus, near modern-day Walla Walla, Washington.