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Whitman Mission National Historic Site is a United States National Historic Site located just west of Walla Walla, Washington, at the site of the former Whitman Mission at Waiilatpu. On November 29, 1847, Dr. Marcus Whitman , his wife Narcissa Whitman , and 11 others were slain by Native Americans of the Cayuse .
Whitman Mission National Historic Site was established in 1936 to preserve the location of the mission and surrounding land. In 1997, the NPS stopped referring to the historical event as the "Whitman massacre" calling it the "Tragedy at Waiilatpu" [ 1 ] in an attempt to more neutrally and holistically describe not only the murder of the ...
Marcus Whitman (September 4, 1802 – November 29, 1847) was an American physician and missionary. He is most well-known for leading American settlers across the Oregon Trail, unsuccessfully attempting to Christianize the Cayuse Indians, and was subsequently killed by the Cayuse Indians in a event known as the 1847 Whitman massacre, over a misunderstanding, resulting in the beginning of the ...
The Cayuse War (1847-1855) was an armed conflict between the Cayuse people of the Northwestern United States and settlers, backed by the U.S. government.The conflict was triggered by the Whitman massacre of 1847, where the Cayuse attacked a missionary outpost in response to a deadly measles epidemic that they believed was caused by Marcus Whitman.
National Park Service – Whitman Mission NHS, The True Story of the Sagers. Mary Trotter Kion, The Sagers go West. Erwin N. Thompson, Shallow Grave at Waiilatpu: The Sagers' West (1969). Ken Burns, The West, Transcript of the PBS documentary. Stewart Petersen, ‘’Seven Alone’’ (1974) film. Ronald Lansing, The Whitman Massacre Trial: 1850
The mission to convert the natives was unsuccessful, with only two natives ever converting to Calvinism, [12] in part because Catholic ceremonies resonated more with the Cayuse. [4] [13] In 1936, the site was designated as a historic site, Whitman National Monument, and January 1, 1963, as a National Historic Site. [19] Old Mission, Waiilatpu
Following the battle at the Whitman Mission, for two years a troop of 500 volunteer soldiers chased the Cayuse tribe; see Cayuse War. Tired of fleeing, the Cayuse gave up five of their men in order to make peace. Likely these five had not been involved in the attack on the Whitman Mission, but the Americans demanded five for punishment.
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