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When a measles epidemic broke out at the mission in November 1847, many of the Indians were killed while the white newcomers survived. The Cayuse suspected that the Whitmans and their foreign religion were the cause of the fatal disease. In retaliation, the Whitmans and eleven other whites were killed by the Cayuse, and the mission was burned down.
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When Dr. Marcus Whitman and Narcissa Prentiss Whitman set out to Oregon territory for a mission for the American Missionary Board, the Cayuse natives attack them and many other white settlers and missionaries. However, the settlers brought measles with them, and whenever Dr. Whitman gave medicine to the natives, they fell ill and died.
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Dr. Marcus Whitman was a Protestant Christian missionary who played a significant role in establishing and promoting settlement in the Oregon Country during the 1800s. He was killed, along with his wife Narcissa and others, during an attack on the Whitman Mission by members of the Cayuse tribe. The motivation for the attack was complex and included tensions over cultural differences, land disputes, and the spread of disease among the Cayuse people.
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