Cayuse Five

The Cayuse Five were five members of the Cayuse of Oregon who were hanged for murder in 1850 following their attack on a mission settlement. Their names were Clokomas, Isiaasheluckas, Kiamasumkin, Telakite, and Tomahas—note how these names are spelled varies.

They were charged with murdering the Protestant missionary Marcus Whitman. The trial began on May 21, 1850. The Cayuse people had suffered many deaths in a measles epidemic, and survivors began to think the missionaries were poisoning them.

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