Gavin


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

 People think it was caused by the Cayuse Indians. They were all getting sick with the measles. Measles was a very strong disease that could kill many people

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

Doc Whitman was trying to find a cure to measles because all of the Indians were getting it and the Indians thought that Doc Whitman was making it worse.

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

The Cayuse Indians Doc Whitman The white people not getting the measles

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

People thought that Doc Whitman were trying to give them measles because none of the white people were getting the measles because the white peoples immune system is stronger than the Cayuse Indians.

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

If more of the white people got the measles If the Cayuse Indians had a stronger immune system If the Indians listened to Doc Whitman


 * What sources of information have you used? **

Whitman massacre [] The Cayuse __ [] __ The old west  [|http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/old west/92928] Malachite’s big hole __http://home.att.net/~mman/WhitmanMassacre.htm__