Yakama Indian War Causes
“Among real friends there is no rivalry or jealousy of one another, but they are satisfied and contented alike whether they are equal, or one of them is superior”-unknown On June 9,1855, the Yakama, Umatilla, Cayuse, and Walla Walla tribes were forced to cede in excess of 6,000,000 acres to the United States Government, partly as punishment for the killing by a group of young Cayuse of methodist missionaries Marcus and Narcissa Whitman and others. On November 29, 1847, an event known as Whitman massacre called the Treaty of Yakima, and was signed at Walla Walla traditional Indian grounds. The tribes were paid 200,000 over a number of years in exchange for their land 200,000 over a number of years in exchange for their land. What issues lead to that conflicts between the Yakama tribes and European settlers? The conflicts arose because of expansionist desires on the part of non-Indians, technological and cultural differences, and the mutual feelings of superiority. …show more content…
For example, in the Treaty of 1855 it stated “nor shall any white man, excepting those in the employment of the Indian department, be permitted to reside upon the said reservation without permission of the tribe”(Article 2). When American leaders negotiated the treaty and immediately afterwards Americans out of control violated the treaty, the native leaders felt betrayed by the whites. Also, the gold strikes “encouraged increasingly large groups of miners to invade tribal lands”(historylink.org). The settlers were ambitious and wanted more than what they already had. Not mining the Native Americans rights or the treaty. As shown the conflicts between the Yakama and Europeans occurred because of expansionist desires of
“Among real friends there is no rivalry or jealousy of one another, but they are satisfied and contented alike whether they are equal, or one of them is superior”-unknown On June 9,1855, the Yakama, Umatilla, Cayuse, and Walla Walla tribes were forced to cede in excess of 6,000,000 acres to the United States Government, partly as punishment for the killing by a group of young Cayuse of methodist missionaries Marcus and Narcissa Whitman and others. On November 29, 1847, an event known as Whitman massacre called the Treaty of Yakima, and was signed at Walla Walla traditional Indian grounds. The tribes were paid 200,000 over a number of years in exchange for their land 200,000 over a number of years in exchange for their land. What issues lead to that conflicts between the Yakama tribes and European settlers? The conflicts arose because of expansionist desires on the part of non-Indians, technological and cultural differences, and the mutual feelings of superiority. …show more content…
For example, in the Treaty of 1855 it stated “nor shall any white man, excepting those in the employment of the Indian department, be permitted to reside upon the said reservation without permission of the tribe”(Article 2). When American leaders negotiated the treaty and immediately afterwards Americans out of control violated the treaty, the native leaders felt betrayed by the whites. Also, the gold strikes “encouraged increasingly large groups of miners to invade tribal lands”(historylink.org). The settlers were ambitious and wanted more than what they already had. Not mining the Native Americans rights or the treaty. As shown the conflicts between the Yakama and Europeans occurred because of expansionist desires of