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Option 1 - Restatement and Answer From our Reasons and Evidence Sheet

Restate:   My second reason why the Whitman’s are responsible for this incident is....

Answer: ....because of the tragedy of European disease and cultural misunderstandings surrounding it.

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Evidence Option 1 - from our Reasons and Evidence sheet

My evidence to support this is “Earlier fur traders threatened Native people with infectious disease, so when measles spread to the mission in the mid-1840s, decimating the nearby Cayuse…” it overwhelmed them and caused them to act.  (Source 2)

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Option 1 - Explain why this evidence is important

I can't imagine being a Cayuse parent and watching American children get better while Cayuse children are buried.  It is understandable why this particular situation would've caused such grief and rage in the Cayuse, even to the point of killing the Whitmans, as they considered them the cause of deadly epidemic.

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Option 1 - "Sum it up!"

As you can see, the issue of the measles did the Whitman's no favors, and to the Cayuse they thought ending them would end the plague of measles.

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Option 2 - Restatement and Answer

Restate:  My second reason the Whitmans share responsibility for this incident is...

Answer:  .... the tragic impact of European diseases and the cultural misunderstandings that came with them."

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Evidence Option 2

In our 2nd Source, "The Whitman Murders," it stated, "Earlier fur traders threatened Native people with infectious disease, so when measles spread to the mission in the mid-1840s, decimating the nearby Cayuse…” it overwhelmed them and caused them to act.  

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Option 2 - Explain why the Evidence is significant

Seeing American children heal while Cayuse children died must have been heartbreaking for Cayuse families. Given that pain, it’s understandable that the Cayuse would feel deep grief and anger and hold the Whitmans responsible for the epidemic, even to the point of killing them.

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Option 2 - "Sum it up"

Therefore its not hard to understand why the Whitman's were seen as the cause of measles and its deadly consequences and why destroying the Whitman's would mean destroying the disease to the Cayuse.
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Option 3 - Restatement and Answer

Restate:  Another reason the Whitmans are to blame for what happened is...

Answer:  ...the devastation caused by European diseases and the confusion these illnesses created between the cultures." 

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Evidence Option 3

According to the text, "the Whitman Murders", it stated, "Earlier fur traders threatened Native people with infectious disease, so when measles spread to the mission in the mid-1840s, decimating the nearby Cayuse…” it overwhelmed them and caused them to act.