On November 29 , 1847 , Cayuse Indians massacred the members of the Whitman Mission in Walla Walla . Elkanah Walker and Cushing Eells were supposed to be at the Whitman Mission during the time of the massacre , but Elkanah Walker became sick , and Cushing Eells did not want to leave the families without support with during winter
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Elkanah Walker