Near this spot, Marcus Whitman, Narcissa Prentiss Whitman, Andrew Roger Jr., James Young Jr., Lucien Saunders, Nathan Kimball, Crockett A. Bewley, Issac Gillen, John Sager, Francis Sager, Jacob Hoffman, Marsh, Amos Sales, and Jacob D. Hall were massacred by Cayuse Indians on Nov. 29-30, 1847.