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Question

Who was Dr. Marcus Whitman and why was he killed?

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Answer 1

Do your own work. Look it up or go the library for help.

Answer 2

Marcus Whitman was an American physicist and missionary in the Oregon Country. Along with his wife Narcissa, he started a mission in what is now southeastern Washington state in 1836, which would become a stop along the Oregon Trail. Whitman would later lead the first large part of wagon trains along the Oregon Trail, establishing it as a viable route for the thousands of emigrants who use the trail in the following decade.

The influx of white settlers in the territory brought new diseases to the Indian tribes, including a severe epidemic of measles in 1847. The Native American's lack of immunity to new diseases and limited health practices led to a high mortality rate, with children dying in striking numbers. The zealous convesion attempts by the Whitmans, as well as the recover of many white patients, fostered the belief among the Native Americans that Whitman was causing ht edeath of his Indian patients. According to some contemporaries, including Rev. Henry H. Spalding, the situation wa aggravated by ongoing animosity between the Protestant missionaries and local Catholic priests. The Indian tradition of holding medicine men personally responsible for the patient's recovery eventually resulted in violenc.e In what became known as the Whitman Massacre, Cayuse tribal members murdered the Whitmans in their home on 11/29/1847.

Answer 3

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Whitman

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