Blood on the Groud: Elegies for Waiilatpu tells a story of both those who lost their lives, and those who instigated and carried out the uprising that fateful day and time. The clash of cultures, the misunderstandings, and the outright lies all came together on the 29th of November 1847 to a disastrous end for all concerned.

Written as 22 poems, Blood on the Ground: Elegies for Waiilatpu is suitable for readers of any age. Ms. Good’s research included many books, several trips to the Whitman Mission, and interviews. For perhaps the first time, the Cayuse have a voice to tell their side of the story in this collection of poems.

Lenora Rain-Lee Good was born and raised in the Pacific Northwest, and grew up learning about the incident. What she learned was as often incorrect as correct. She has tried to set the record straight. As part Catawba, she has, perhaps, a leaning toward presenting the Cayuse side of the story.

Blood on the Ground: Elegies for Waiilatpu is available in softback from your favorite bookseller or from the publisher, Redbat Books.

Waiilatpu is prounounced: Wye ee lat poo and means place of rye grass