The Whitman massacre ( also known as the Walla Walla massacre Committing_crime and the Whitman Incident ) was the murder of Oregon missionaries Marcus Whitman and his wife Narcissa , along with eleven others , on November 30th , 1847 .

The Whitman massacre ( also known as the Walla Walla massacre Committing_crime and the Whitman Incident ) was the murder of Oregon missionaries Marcus Whitman and his wife Narcissa , along with eleven others , on November 30th , 1847 .

The Whitman massacre ( also known as the Walla Walla massacre Committing_crime and the Whitman Incident ) was the murder of Oregon missionaries Marcus Whitman and his wife Narcissa , along with eleven others , on November 30th , 1847 .

Whitman had helped Assistance lead the first wagon train to cross Oregon 's Blue Mountains and reach Arriving the Columbia River via the Oregon Trail , and this incident was the climax of several years of complex interaction between him and the local Indians .

The killings Killing are usually ascribed in part to a clash of cultures and in part to the inability of Whitman , a physician , to halt the spread Dispersal of measles among the Indians .

The Cayuse held Hold Whitman responsible for subsequent deaths Death .