This was an unusual occurence. Contact the Park. Whitman's Mission. At the time of the massacre there were 59 persons living at the Mission houses, and 13 others at the sawmill, some 25 miles up Mill Creek. Courtesy Waiilatpu. The 1847 murders of frontier missionaries Marcus and Narcissa Whitman near the confluence of the Columbia and Walla Walla Rivers brought the Oregon Territory under tighter American control and set off a chain of events that forced the Columbia Plateau Indians onto reservations. Mailing Address: 328 Whitman Mission Road Walla Walla, WA 99362 . Among the first was Dr. Marcus Whitman.

Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 The Whitman Massacre National Historic Site in Walla Walla, Washington preserves the remains of the Whitman, or Waiilatpu Mission (1836-47), the second Protestant mission in the Oregon country.

On November 29, 1847, fourteen people were killed and there were fifty people held hostage by the Cayuse Indians for a month. Whitman had received repeated warnings of the impending massacre, both from friendly Indians and the Hudson’s Bay men. Whitman Mission This is a fine place to revisit history, and question the concept of Manifest Destiny (as it was taught to me in the 60's) I'd not heard the story of the Missionary couple, the Whitmans, it's worth the time to walk about the grounds, and especially view the movie.

Enjoy a Ranger Program Upcoming Programs and Events. Jesset, Thomas E. The Indian Side of the Whitman Massacre. The Whitman’s took advantage of the Cayuse Indians’ kindness by selfishly taking over their land and using their resources without reimbursing them. Enduring wilderness hardships and dangers, Dr. Marcus and Narcissa Whitman worked among the Cayuse Indians. Period: Sep 4, 1802 to Nov 29, 1847 The Life of Marcus and Narcissa Whitman This year, Nov. 29 will be the 150th anniversary of the attack at the Whitman mission. Contact Us. It also led directly to the Cayuse War, which did not end until 1850. Learn About Local Tribal History . Phone: (509) 522-6360.

1991 Published by the University of Oklahoma Press, Norman Oklahoma. This event is known as The Whitman Massacre. Then he had shadowed Whitman through the fog as far as the mission house. On the way from the burial ground Whitman had stopped by to see Mrs. Saunders at the mansion house. Waiilatpu, also known as the Whitman Mission, was a key outpost on the Oregon Trail, and the Whitmans were trailblazers. Whitman Mission national historic site, Walla Walla, September 19, 2017. See What's New Whitman Mission News and Press Releases. The indians took it into their own hands and they killed fourteen whites, including the Whitmans, and burnt down the mission buildings. But apparently he paid no heed. Whitman Massacre survivors and others at dedication of marble slab over mass grave of those killed during 1847 attack at the Whitman Mission, Waiilatpu, Walla Walla, 1897. Whitman Mission Massacre A covered wagon along a wooden fence at the Whitman Mission National Historical Site in Washington state commemorates Marcus and Narcissa Whitman… At the Whitman Mission, National Park Service rangers stopped commemorating the date - and redesigned the displays - …