When news of the Whitman Massacre reached the provisional Oregon Territorial capitol at Oregon City in early December, immediate steps to raise a volunteer regiment began. Organizing a force of about

The Whitman Massacre National Historic Site preserves the remains of the Whitman, or Waiilatpu, Mission (1836-47), the second Protestant mission in the Oregon country. Enduring wilderness hardships

The Whitman Massacre on November 29, 1847 instigated the Cayuse War which would last for seven bloody years between the Cayuse people and the United States Government and local white

The Whitman Massacre National Historic Site preserves the remains of the Whitman, or Waiilatpu, Mission (1836-47), the second Protestant mission in the Oregon

Spokane Garry (sometimes spelled Spokan Garry) (ca. 1811 - 1892) was a Native American leader of the Middle Spokane tribe. He also acted as a liaison between white settlers and American Indian tribes

Tiloukaikt (also Tilokaikt or Teelonkike) (unknown - 1850) was a Native American leader of the Cayuse tribe in the northwestern United States. He was involved in the Whitman Massacre and was a