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Whitman massacre

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Whitman Memorial and graves
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The massacre occurred in 1847.

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Whitman massacre

The Whitman massacre (also known as the Walla Walla massacre and the Whitman Incident) was the murder on November 29, 1847 of Oregon missionaries Dr. Marcus Whitman and his wife Narcissa, along with eleven others. They were killed by Cayuse and Umatilla Native Americans. The incident began the Cayuse War. It took place in present-day southeastern Washington state, near the town of Walla Walla, and was one of the most notorious episodes in the U.S. settlement of the Pacific Northwest. The event was the climax of several years of complex interaction between the Whitmans, who had led the first wagon train along the Oregon Trail, and the local Native Americans.

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