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The influx of settlers in Oregon created tension between the Cayuse and the Whitmans.

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The arrival of many settlers increased pressure on Cayuse land and resources and brought diseases (notably a measles epidemic) that killed many Cayuse children; these factors heightened tensions and led to the 1847 Whitman Massacre.