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Why Were Narcissa and Marcus Whitman Murdered by the Cayuse

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Why were Narcissa and Marcus Whitman murdered by the Cayuse Indians?


A) The Cayuse discovered that the Whitmans were supportive of the Cayuse being forcibly removed to Indian Country.
B) The Whitmans kidnapped several Cayuse children and planned to take them back to the Northeast.
C) The Cayuse interpreted a measles epidemic as being a deliberate assault on them by the Whitmans.
D) Needing food, the Whitmans killed animals that, to the Cayuse, were of spiritual significance.

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