Indian Wars Timeline

  • Apache and Navajo Wars

    Apache and Navajo Wars
    Colonel Christopher Carson kills and relocated many Apaches, lasting until 1886. Carson also attacks the Navajo tribes, until they relocate to New Mexico territories.
  • Sand Creek Massacre

    Sand Creek Massacre
    Cheyenne raids prompt Chivington to kill up to 500 surrendered Cheyenne and Arapaho led by Black Kettle.
  • Red River War

    Red River War
    After the Southern plain Indians are relocated to Oklahoma, buffalo hunters destroy the Indians' food supply, prompting Comanche warriors to attack the hunters, only to be defeated by General Sherman and Lt. Sheridan and their land to be open to cattle ranching.
  • Battle of Little Bighorn

    Battle of Little Bighorn
    After the U.S. tries to buy the Black Hills from the Sioux but failing, Custer and his calvary attack, only to be met by a huge Sioux force by whom they were defeated.
  • Nez Perce War

    Nez Perce War
    Howard orders Nez Perce to idaho reservation and when things didn't blow over so well, 700 people were pushed to relocate, eventually settling in Washington.
  • Wounded Knee Massacre

    Wounded Knee Massacre
    There was so much drama at the Wounded Knee Massacre, including word of a Sioux uprising, Sitting Bull is killed in an arrest attempt, and Big Foot surrendering at the camp. Then everyone got shot anyways.