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 * What is your //general// belief about who or what is most responsible for causing the conflict?**

my belief is that the most responsable way to handle the who;e situation would be if marcas would of treated the whites and indians fairly and treated both of them.

**What is the relevant background information (i.e. who, what, when, where)?**

who was mr. and ms. dr. whitnman what happened was the whitman massacre. the whitman massacre was when the caracuse indians killed 14 people and held 47 people hostage. two of the people that died were two very young girls of age of only 19. when it happend was in november 29, 1847. where it happend it took place in washington on the oregon trail.

**What were 3 factors that helped cause the conflict (politics, economics, geography, history)?**

one main thing was that dr. whitman was not treating the whites and indians with the case of the measkes broke out. another thing was that they never talked it out wich would of probably made alot of things better. lastly the indians had to kill or kidnap wich was really bad and made things worse.

**Explain why one factor is more important than the others.**

the killing was the worst because they took 14 lives and hosted 47 lives and that put alot of people in danger because the uindians just took random people.

**How could the conflict have been avoided?**

if dr. whitman treated everyone the same.


 * What sources of information have you used? **

i clicked on whitman massacre on the side of this website used a online encyclopidia called historylink.com and a website called ledgensd of amarica.com.