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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.
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.
The Cayuse attacked the missionaries, killing Whitman and his wife Narcissa, and eleven others. They captured 54 European-American women and children and held them for ransom. They destroyed the mission buildings. This attack prompted an armed response by the United States and the Cayuse War ensued. Five Cayuse warriors were hanged; see Cayuse ...
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.
Those five warriors repeated at trial that everyone who had been involved in the attack had died in the war, and consistent with Catherine Sage's account specifically only attributed Marcus Whitman's death to their people, and said that he had been killed because their tribal law required bad medicine men to be put to death.
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Yakima War Cutmouth John , also known as Poor Crane and as Ya-Tin-Ee-Ah-Witz , Chief of the Cayuses , [ 1 ] was a Native American who served in the U.S. Army Indian Scouts . His lineage unclear, some considered him a member of the Umatilla , or Wasco tribes.
He started the Warrior Institute in 2011 to bring fitness and strengthen his ... 32, is a member of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla, Cayuse, and Walla Walla. ... there's no war, there's no ...