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Sand Creek Massacre
The Sand Creek Massacre took place on November 29,1864. This happened in Colorado when the Pike's Peak Gold Rush brought the tension between the Native Americans and the white men to a boiling point. The Cheyennes and the Arapahos were angered when the white men started to take over the land. The Native Americans began to do little attacks leading up to the Colorado War of 1864-1865. The territorial governer sent a Voluntary Militia commander, Chivington, to launch a campaign of violence -
Sand Creek Massacre Part 2
against the Native Americans. After a while of many small battles, the Cheyennes and Arapahos were ready for peace. Chivington and the the Native Americans had agreed upon peace. The general did not want peace, so he sent Chivington and 700 troops down around the Indian Village. The Native Americans were ambushed with hundreds killed and injuried. The remaining Native Americans fled to the camp of Cheyenne Dog Warriors. -
Fetterman Massacre
The Fetterman Massacre happened on December 21, 1866. This happened when army troops were manning a fort on the Bozeman Trail, a trail to gold mines in Montana. A Sioux military leader acted as a decoy and lured the troops into the trap. The fort's commander sent a detachment of 80 troops in pursuit. Hundreds of Sioux, Cheyenne, and Arapaho warriors were waiting and wiped out the entire detachment. -
Treaty of Fort Laramie
The Treaty of Fort Laramie took place in the spring of 1868. There was a conference held in present day Wyoming in which a treaty was established with the Sioux. The Sioux would move to the Black Hills Reservation in the Dakota territory. In 1874, General George A. Custer led an expedition into the Black Hill Reservation looking for gold. When he found gold, miners started moving into the reservation. The owner of this land is still a dispute between the U.S. Government and the Sioux. -
1874 Discovery
In1874, General George Custer led an expedition to the Black Hills Reservation in the Dakota Territory to look for gold. While there, they did discover gold. This caused many miners to flock to Colorado which caused tension between the Native Americans and miners. -
Battle of Little Bighorn
After the treaty in 1868, the tensions were still high between Native Americans and whites. The government had promised no one would even pass through the hills of the Reservation. In 1874 General Custer led an expedition to see if these hills contained gold. When gold was discovered, the Sioux would not sell the land to the government. Then, Custer led an attack on the Native Americans. The Sioux wiped out Custer's entire command. By 1881, Native Americans fled to Canada or reservations. -
Ghost Dance
The Sioux turned to Wovoka, a prophet in their dispair. Wovoka claimed that the Sioux could regain everything they had lost if they performed a ritual, the Ghost Dance. The Ghost Dance let the Sioux express their culture. Reservation officals banned the dance because they were alarmed. The officials went to arrest Sitting Bull for being the leader of this movement and ended up shooting Sitting Bull. -
Wounded Knee
After the death of Sitting Bull, the Sioux fled. They gathered at a creek called Wounded Knee in South Dakota. The army went to collect the Sioux's weapons on December 29, 1890. Fighting started when someone shot a pistol. Over 200 Sioux and 25 soliders were killed. This was the end for the struggle between the Native Americans and whites. The Native Americans had lost.
