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 * What do you believe were the causes of the conflict?**

I believe that the real cause of the whole conflict was that the indians misunderstood about why they were dying and the whites weren't. The indians im guessing didnt like how they didnt know the whole part of the story and they didnt fully understand what was happening.

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

The whites and the cayuse indians were involved in this conflict. The conflict was the war between them. This war / conflict happened in 1847 in the oregon country (Lambert p.200-2001),.

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


 * THINGS THAT HELPED CAUSE THE CONFLICTS:**

The first thing is that whites wanted to fight back, because im guessing, the cayuse indians had taken 40 some of there men, and basically kid napping them. Which in some way they didnt like, and weren't going to alow that. Second, Everyone got sick, but since whites had better immune systems, they were better faster and most hardly died. It wasnt there fault about being able to fight off diseases quickly ( indians had less experience with this type, or just in general sicknessess). Then for the third and last facotr that helped cause the conflicks was that There was a rumor about killing the doctor because he was supossably killing the indians. When they should have went to the doctor and asked him what was happening rather than just assuming that was why.

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

I think that the fact that the white's had a better immune system and how they could fight off diseases or sickness's easliy, thats basically what made the indians mad because hardly any of the whites were under risk of dying, when tons of indians were. Once again, i think that the whole reason this war started is because they didnt think any of it was far that was happening. So in some way they were jeaous but didnt understand. so i think that the whites being able to handle and cover fully from the disease triggered and made the fight even want to happen more. Which made this factor more important then the others. although the rumor was a pretty big part also.

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

The whole war and everything could have been totaly avoided if the rumor wasn't started about doctor whitman killing the indians because they had weak immune system and died. There may not have been a fight if none of that would have happened.


 * What sources of information have you used **

Lambert, Dale. __Washington state of contrasts.__ Eastern Wenatchee: Direct Media, 2008.

Flora, Stephenie. "The whitman massacue." May 20,2009. <[|www.oregonpioneers.com/whitman2.htm]>

"Native american ledgends." May 22,2009 <[|www.ledgendsofamerica.com/na-cayusewar.html]>

I have used the washington state book. & a couple of websites from the internet, to get my information.