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Tate, Cassandra,

Unsettled ground : the Whitman Massacre and its shifting legacy in the American West / Whitman Massacre and its shifting legacy in the American West Cassandra Tate. - xx, 283 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The Attack -- The Imperial Tribe -- The Missionaries -- Destination Oregon -- Early Years at Waiilatpu -- The Disillusionment Becomes Mutual -- Explosion of Grief and Violence -- Aftermath -- Canonization -- Reinterpreting the Whitman "Tragedy."

"Historian Cassandra Tate proposes to assemble the story of the Whitman Massacre from the many accounts while including the native point of view to provide a greater context to the event"--

ISBN: 9781632172501 163217250X

LCCN: 2019052745

Subjects--Personal Names:
Whitman, Marcus, 1802-1847 --Statues.

Subjects--Corporate Names:
Waiilatpu Mission (Wash.)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Whitman Massacre, 1847.
Cayuse Indians--History--Oregon--19th century.
Cayuse Indians--History--Washington (State)--19th century.
Cayuse Indians--Missions--Oregon.
Cayuse Indians--Missions--Washington (State)

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Oregon--History--19th century.
Washington (State)--History--19th century.
Whitman Mission National Historic Site (Wash.)