I think the main cause of the Whitman Massacre was Dr. Whitman not being able to heal the natives . According to oregonpioneers.com, when the native started to die of diseases, that was when tensions started to escalate. Also according to the book Washington: A State of Contrasts, the natives viewed Dr. Whitman as a medicine man. In that culture, if a medicine man could not heal someone, they could die. On the site oregonpioneers.com, it states that after that point tensions steadily escalated. That is why I think the main cause of the massacre was native getting sick and Dr Whitman not being able to heal them.
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