The first set of people who
spurred American settlement of Oregon were American missionaries to Indians. November
29, 1847, thirteen of these missionaries, including Marcus Whitman and his wife
Narcissa were massacred by a party of Cayuse Native Americans (Whitman Massacre) for allegedly poisoning
200 natives in his medical care. This accusation is now understood to be as a
result of Whitman’s inability to end the measles outbreak among the Native
Americans, and as a result was held responsible for succeeding deaths.
Middle, South, New England, Haven, Militia, Rebels.
Dawes Act<span>. ‹ The template Info box U.S. legislation is being considered for merging. › An </span>Act<span> to provide for the allotment of lands in severally to Native Americans on the various reservations, and to extend the protection of the laws of the United States and the Territories over the Indians, and for other </span>purposes<span>.
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