What made the Cayuse Indians think the white settlers had poisoned them?

The Cayuse (Liksiyu) tribe suspected that Marcus Whitman was responsible for the measles epidemic.

A small group of the Cayuse took medicine from Whitman and they unfortunately died not long after.

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The indigenous people were not immune to the Eurasian diseases, so, they were (inevitably) more susceptible to measles.

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