Eli+C.


 * Whitman Massacre**


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

I Think that Dr. Whitman is to blame a little bit Because he should have comunicated to the Indians on what was happening to them and every else. But the endians are to blame to because they over reacted alot by killing alot of innocent people. The indians could have went up to him and ask about it to, instead they decided to killl the only doctor they had.

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

The Misionaries, The Cayuse Indians The Cayuse Indians killed the missionaries November 29, 1847 Present day Walla Walla The Indians thought that Dr. Whitman was purposly killing off the Indians
 * What were 3 factors that helped cause the conflict (politics, economics, geography, history)?**

One conflict is that the Americans brought the Measles Virus over with them. When it started to spread some of the Indians got it and went to get help. When the Indians started dieing off. They blamed Dr. Whitman thinking that he wasnt treating them the same as the Whites because the whites were all survivng. So they decided to kill him and take 47 people hostage. Eventually they signed a peace treaty and released the hostages. The second one is that the Americans didnt know the geography very well so they had to cut down trees for houses which didnt please the Indians. That probaly played a minor part in the reason they rebeled. The last reason is that the Indians didn't have strong imune systems so they were not used to having big viruses in their clan. So they were dieing because of their amune systems, NOT Dr. Whitmans fault.

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

If the settlers wouldnt have come and bothered the Indians then the settlers wouldnt have been killed in the massacre because the Indians wouldnt havebeen bothered. So i dont think the people should have settled there or tried to change the Indians religion.

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

If Dr. Whitman would have talked to the cheif and tell them that it wasnt his fault I think that the Indians wouldnt have attacked them. Since Dr. Whitman didnt take the time to talk to them he got many settlers killed and 47 taken hostage. He could have saved the lifes of more then the infected people but all those killed and taken hostage even though they got realesed.


 * What sources of information have you used? **

I used these sites and this book:

[|http://.legendsofAmerica.com/na-cayusewar.html] Author: Wieser, Kathy [|www.suite101.com/article.cfm/old_west/92928] Author: suite101.com __Washington; a state of contrast__ Author: Lambert, Dale & Clark, Dustin