On November 29th

On November 29, 1847, Cayuse warriors attacked the Whitman mission, killing Marcus and Narcissa Whitman and eleven others and taking dozens captive. The mission had become a flashpoint after measles epidemics killed hundreds of Cayuse while sparing most white newcomers — a disparity that fed suspicion the Whitmans were poisoning them. The killings triggered the Cayuse War and reshaped federal poli

The November 29, 1847 massacre is documented. The site's documented history is the record the rest of the file stands on. This belongs to the verified spine of the entry, the layer everything else is measured against. Sources including 'Whitman Mission' carry the record. It anchors the timeline the rest of the file hangs from.

On November 29, 1864, Colorado volunteers killed ~230 Cheyenne and Arapaho, mostly women and children. The documented date is 1864-11-29. The site's documented history is the record the rest of the file stands on. It's verified history: the dossier's load-bearing detail. The record appears in 'Sand Creek Massacre NHS'. It anchors the timeline the rest of the file hangs from.

On November 29, 1864, Colonel John Chivington's Colorado volunteers attacked a Cheyenne-Arapaho village flying both a US flag and a white flag — killing more than 230 people, most of them women, children and elders, and mutilating the dead. Congressional investigators called it a massacre; the National Historic Site preserves the ground where a peaceful village met its betrayal.

On November 29, 1892, the body of a young woman registered as 'Lottie Bernard' was found on the beach stairs below the Hotel del Coronado — a gunshot to the head, a pistol nearby. Identified weeks later as Kate Morgan, a 24-year-old bookkeeper, her death was ruled suicide; mystery fans have argued murder ever since. She is the Del's official resident ghost.

The November 29, 1966 sinking is documented. A documented history gives the file real substance; this entry is part of that spine. The record holds it as fact — documented, not retold. The record appears in 'Daniel J. Morrell'. It is the kind of fact the rest of the dossier leans on. The reports keep the address on the map.