Cayuse War - Wikipedia
The Cayuse War (1847-1855) was an armed conflict between the Cayuse people of the Northwestern United States and settlers, backed by the U.S. government. The conflict was triggered by the Whitman massacre of 1847, where the Cayuse attacked a missionary outpost in response to a deadly measles epidemic that they believed was caused by Marcus ...
Cayuse Indian War (1847–1850) - The Oregon Encyclopedia
Usually called the Cayuse War, the nearly two-year campaign waged by the Oregon Provisional Government in 1847–1848 and the Oregon territorial government in 1848–1850 was a mixture of military actions—there were few firefights—peace negotiations, and the pursuit of those who had killed the missionaries. A federal military detachment ...
Cayuse Indians - HistoryLink.org
2013年4月3日 · A group of Cayuse attacked the mission in November 1847, killing the Whitmans and 11 others -- a brief flurry of violence that led to the first Indian war in the Northwest, the creation of Oregon Territory as a federal entity, and, eventually, a treaty that stripped the tribe of most of its land.
Cayuse attack mission, in what becomes known as the …
2014年9月24日 · The attack, a pivotal event in Northwest history, will lead to a war of retaliation against the Cayuse and the extension of federal control over the present-day states of Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and parts of Montana and Wyoming.
Whitman massacre - Wikipedia
Cayuse in at least three villages held Whitman responsible for the widespread epidemic that killed hundreds of Cayuse while leaving settlers comparatively unscathed. Some Cayuse accused settlers of poisoning them so they could take their land.
Whitman Mission attack and the lost graves of the ‘Cayuse Five’
2022年11月29日 · In 1850, five Natives Americans surrendered for the Whitman murders, and were convicted and hanged at the old territorial capital of Oregon City, south of Portland. It’s a violent and...
Cayuse people - Wikipedia
The Cayuse attacked the missionaries, killing Whitman and his wife Narcissa, and eleven others. They captured 54 European-American women and children and held them for ransom. They destroyed the mission buildings. This attack prompted an armed response by the United States and the Cayuse War ensued. Five Cayuse warriors were hanged; see Cayuse ...
REVISITING THE “CAYUSE WAR” – MURDER, REVENGE AND A …
2022年11月19日 · A three-hour battle ensued in the dry plains – Battle of Sand Hollows, the biggest battle of the Cayuse War – marked by sandy depressions along the Oregon Trail just to the east of where the Boardman Bombing Range exists today.
Losing the Land - Oregon History Project
When some Cayuse killed a dozen people associated with the mission in 1847, it touched off the first Indian war in the Pacific Northwest. Willamette Valley volunteers often attacked Indians indiscriminately.
Palouse Indians and Oregon Volunteers battle in future Columbia …
2006年11月29日 · On March 14 and 15, 1848, a battle between Oregon Volunteers and members of the Palouse Tribe takes place in present-day Columbia County during the Cayuse War. The fighting continues for 30 hours. The Oregon Volunteers are greatly outnumbered, but eventually fight their way across the Touchet River and to safety, though with casualties.