Marcus Whitman, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Marcus Whitman

American physician and Oregon missionary

Date of Birth: 04-Sep-1802

Place of Birth: Rushville, New York, United States

Date of Death: 29-Nov-1847

Profession: physician, missionary

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Marcus Whitman (September 4, 1802 – November 29, 1847) was an American physician. In 1836, Marcus Whitman led an overland party by wagon to the West.
He and his wife, Narcissa, along with Reverend Henry Spalding and his wife, Eliza, and William Gray, founded a mission at present day Walla Walla, Washington in an effort to convert local Indians to Christianity.
In the winter of 1842 Whitman returned east, returning the following summer with the first large wagon train across the Oregon Trail.
The new settlers encroached on the Cayuse Indians living near the Whitman Mission and were unsuccessful in their efforts to Christianize the Tribe.
Following the deaths of many nearby Cayuse from an outbreak of measles, some remaining Cayuse accused Whitman of murder, suggesting that he had administered poison and was a failed shaman.
In retaliation, a group of Cayuse killed the Whitmans and twelve other settlers on November 29, 1847, an event that came to be known as the Whitman Massacre.
Continuing warfare between settlers and Indians reduced the Cayuse numbers further.



Alternative names	Paul Keane
Description	painter, writer and explorer
Date of birth/death	3 September 1810	20 February 1871
Location of birth/death	Mallow, County Cork, Ireland	Toronto, Canada
Work period	1830s until early 1860s
Work location	Canada
Authority control	: Q506000 VIAF: 61657235 ISNI: 0000 0000 8140 9270 ULAN: 500000795 LCCN: n50045960 NLA: 35258638 WorldCat