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It all started when Dr. Whitman began to work for the indians. The indians were getting treated by Dr. Whitman because they were getting sick. The indians though that the docter was treating the wites better because the whites were not dieing. The indians were dieing because they were not as immune to the desies as the whites were. there for i think that the indians started the massacre.
 * What is your //general// belief about who or what is most responsible for causing the conflict?**

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

The indians killed a lot of people because they thougt that Dr. Whitman was favoring the whites and killing off the indians. They used gus, knifes, and axes. It started on the 29th of November. On this date the Cayuse warriors, tilaukait and thomas attacked and killed 14 wifes, 47 kids, and woman captured and taken hostage. This was a disturbing site. There was blood everywhere. You could not tell who the people were that were killed.

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

The indians were mad at the docter because he thought that Dr. Whitman was favoring the whites because they were not dieing. They decided to kill the whites because they were not getting treated as well as them. The whites were more immune to the measuls so they were not dieing. They should just be friends and not have them change their religon to catholic. That made them even more mad so they started to kill all the whites in their way.

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

I think that the indians were getting mad at Dr. Whitman because they thought that they were treating them better. The other reasons were not prooved. The people were just guessing that they got introble with the athorities.

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

Well maybe if the indians did not really bother the whites and start killing the whites because they thought that they were being un fair and favoring the whites. The whites are just trying to solve the prolbem. They could have avoided this situation by not even coming to the north pasfic. They did not have to try to help the indians but they were trying to be nice.


 * What sources of information have you used? **

Flora, Stephenie The Whitman Massacre [|www.oregonpioneers.com/whitman2.htm]

Lambert, Dale Washington book

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