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.[1]
They were charged with murdering the Protestant missionary Marcus Whitman. The trial began on May 21, 1850.[1] The Cayuse people had suffered many deaths in a measles epidemic, and survivors began to think the missionaries were poisoning them.