William Craig

The woman the sign does not name was Pahtissah, daughter of Hin-mah-tute-ke-kaikt, Thunder Eyes, later called James, whose home was at Lapwai; Craig renamed her Isabel. When the beaver trade collapsed, Craig brought Isabel and their children here, to her father's country, in 1840. The Nimiipuu asked for a provision in their treaty that let Craig keep the farm on land otherwise closed to whites, and his place became a meeting ground for councils of up to two thousand people. He and Isabel are buried at Jaques' Spur, on the land he chose.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Spalding — 6.7 mi
  The Nimiipuu went to St. Louis asking about a book. What came back was a mission, a printing press and a museum.

More markers nearby

• St. Joseph's Mission — 2.3 mi
• Lapwai Mission — 4.4 mi
• Spalding's Mission — 7.0 mi
• Ant & Yellowjacket — 7.1 mi