What the records say
- When
- 29 Nov 1847
- Kind
- Massacre
- Deaths
- 13
- Coordinates
- 46.04° N, 118.46° W
- Description
- The 1847 massacre by Cayuse Indians of Dr. Marcus Whitman, his wife Narcissa and 11 other missionaries in the Pacific Northwest.
Whitman massacre
1847 murder of American missionaries
The Whitman massacre was the killing of American missionaries Marcus and Narcissa Whitman, along with eleven others, on November 29, 1847. They were killed by a small group of Cayuse men who suspected that Whitman had poisoned the 200 Cayuse in his medical care during an outbreak of measles that included the Whitman household.
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