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  INDIAN WARS OF 1855-56
War breaks out between the Territorial Government, Settler's and Indians - it is a clash of cultures.

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William Slaughter and his wife, 1852
Captain William Slaughter and his wife, 1852

Peopeopmoxmox
Peopeopmoxmox

December 4, 1855
Captain William Slaughter is shot and killed on the upper White and Green rivers.

December 5, 1855
Cayuse leader Peopeomoxmox comes to parley with William Kelly of the Oregon Mounted Volunteers and is seized along with five of his men.

December 6, 1855
Peopeomoxmox is killed by Oregon Mounted Volunteers and subsequently mutilated.
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