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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.
The Cayuse are a Native American tribe in what is now the state of Oregon in the United States. The Cayuse tribe shares a reservation and government in northeastern Oregon with the Umatilla and the Walla Walla tribes as part of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation.
According to Cayuse tradition, there was no question of their right to dispose of a doctor (medicine man, or tewat) whose patients were dying of disease. In the eyes of the Cayuse, Whitman was a "healer but couldn't heal." [4] In the Whitman Incident, Cayuse warriors killed Marcus Whitman and thirteen others, including Narcissa Whitman.
For articles relating to the Cayuse War (1847-1855) in the Pacific Northwest of the United States. Pages in category "Cayuse War" The following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total.
The massacre is usually ascribed to the inability of Whitman, a physician, to prevent the measles outbreak. Cayuse in at least three villages held Whitman responsible for the widespread epidemic that killed hundreds of Cayuse while leaving settlers comparatively unscathed. Some Cayuse accused settlers of poisoning them so they could take their ...
Weyíiletpuu is a dialect of the Nez Perce language as used by the Cayuse people of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation. [ 16 ] Today six language teachers are running programs at the Nixyaawii Community School , which has offered Umatilla, Walla Walla and Nez Perce language classes for the last decade.
Tiloukaikt and Tomahas, Cayuse chiefs. Tiloukaikt (also Tilokaikt or Teelonkike) (d.1850) was a Native American leader of the Cayuse tribe in the northwestern United States.He was involved in the Whitman Massacre and was a primary leader during the subsequent Cayuse War.
Cayuse may refer to: Cayuse people, a people native to Oregon, United States; Cayuse language, an extinct language of the Cayuse people; Cayuse, Oregon, an unincorporated community in the United States; Cayuse horse, an archaic term for a feral or low-quality horse or pony; OH-6 "Cayuse", a military observation helicopter